Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters

ronjor · Oct 8, 2013

By Gregg Keizer | Computerworld

Security expert calls it a success -- enough bugs to fill one or two IE updates -- even though the dollar amount was about the same as Google's for the last version of Chrome
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/security...nters-in-its-first-ever-bounty-program-228326

ronjor · Oct 8, 2013

An update on the bounty programs

Dustin C. Childs

Today, we are announcing James Forshaw, a security researcher with Context Information Security, has been awarded the first Mitigation Bypass Bounty, which comes with a prize of $100,000.00. As a reminder, this is an ongoing program, so if you are interested in participating, check out all the details here.
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https://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/ar...e-on-the-bounty-programs.aspx?Redirected=true

elapsed · Oct 10, 2013

Interview with winner of $100k Win 8.1 bounty

What are your feelings on Windows 8.1 as a whole in terms of security compared to older versions of Windows?

I feel 8.1 is certainly the most secure, at least in terms of mitigations against the exploitation of security vulnerabilities. Even compared to 8 there have been interesting changes which try to mitigate against whole classes of vulnerabilities. Still I am sure there is more to be done.
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http://www.neowin.net/news/intervie...-of-microsofts-first-100000-windows-81-bounty

FreddyFreeloader · Oct 12, 2013

Windows 8.1 Bug Hunter Loses Most of His $100,000 (€73,700) Reward

James Forshaw has made the headlines this week after he managed to find a mitigation bypass flaw in Windows 8.1, which not only helped Microsoft make its operating system more secure, but also brought him a $100,000 (€73,700) reward.

Unfortunately for Forshaw and other security researchers looking for flaws in software products, he’ll receive only a small chunk of this award.

According to a report published by The Guardian, the company he’s currently working for and the taxman will take most of the money, so he’ll barely get any of the bounty.

"When it comes to the bounties given for finding security flaws like this, most of it goes to the company you work for, and even if it didn't, once the taxman has taken his cut it's certainly not a life changing monetary sum - we're not talking retirement money here," Forshaw was quoted as saying.
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Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wind...ost-of-His-100-000-73-700-Reward-390588.shtml

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