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Practical advice for earning higher Microsoft bounty awards

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

This year at the Nullcon International Security Conference I shared practical advice for how security researchers can maximize the impact of their security vulnerability submissions and earn higher bounty awards under the Microsoft Bounty Program. For those who couldn’t be there, I had two core pieces of advice. First , focus vulnerability research on the products and services that are eligible for bounty rewards.

February 2019 Security Update Release

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide.

• Security Advisory
• Security Update
• Update Tuesday

Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center shares best practices

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Today, a single breach, physical or virtual, can cause millions of dollars of damage to an organization and potentially billions in financial losses to the global economy. Each week seems to bring a new disclosure of a cybersecurity breach somewhere in the world. As we look at the current state of cybersecurity challenges today, we see the same types of attacks, but the sophistication and scope of each attack continues to grow and evolve.

Announcing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Bounty program

Thursday, January 17, 2019

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Azure DevOps Bounty program, a program dedicated to providing rock-solid security for our DevOps customers. Starting January 17, 2019, we’re excited to offer rewards up to US$20,000 for eligible vulnerabilities in Azure DevOps online services and the latest release of Azure DevOps server.

January 2019 Security Update Release

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide.

• Security Advisory
• Security Update
• Update Tuesday

December 2018 Security Update Release

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Today, we released a security update for Internet Explorer after receiving a report from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks. Customers who have Windows Update enabled and have applied the latest security updates, are protected automatically. We encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. Microsoft would like to thank Google for their assistance.

• Security Update

December 2018 Security Update Release

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide.

• Security Advisory
• Security Update
• Update Tuesday

November 2018 Security Update Release

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found on the Security Update Guide.

• Security Advisory
• Security Update
• Update Tuesday

Should You Send Your Pen Test Report to the MSRC?

Monday, November 12, 2018

Every day, the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) receives vulnerability reports from security researchers, technology/industry partners, and customers. We want those reports, because they help us make our products and services more secure. High-quality reports that include proof of concept, details of an attack or demonstration of a vulnerability, and a detailed writeup of the issue are extremely helpful and actionable.

October 2018 Security Update Release

Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Today, we released security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. MSRC team

• Security Advisory
• Security Update
• Update Tuesday