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Congratulations to the MSRC 2024 Most Valuable Security Researchers!

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

The Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program offers public thanks and recognition to security researchers who help protect our customers through discovering and sharing security vulnerabilities under Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Today, we are excited to recognize this year’s 100 Most Valuable Researchers (MVRs), based on the total number of points earned for each valid report.

Microsoft Bounty Program Year in Review: $16.6M in Rewards 

Monday, August 05, 2024

We are excited to announce that this year the Microsoft Bounty Program has awarded $16.6M in bounty awards to 343 security researchers from 55 countries, securing Microsoft customers in partnership with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). Each year we identify over a thousand potential security issues together, safeguarding our customers from possible threats through the Microsoft Bounty Program.

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2024 Q2 Security Researchers!

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2024 Q2 Security Researcher Leaderboard are Yuki Chen, Lewis Lee & Ver & Zhiniang Peng, and Wei!

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2024 Q1 Security Researchers! 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2024 Q1 Security Researcher Leaderboard are Yuki Chen, VictorV, and Nitesh Surana! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2023 Q4 Security Researchers!

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2023 Q4 Security Researcher Leaderboard are Yuki Chen, Wei, VictorV! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2023 Q3 Security Researchers!

Monday, October 16, 2023

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2023 Q3 Security Researcher Leaderboard are Wei, VictorV, and Anonymous! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.

Congratulations to the MSRC 2023 Most Valuable Security Researchers!

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

The Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program offers public thanks and recognition to security researchers who help protect our customers through discovering and sharing security vulnerabilities under Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Today, we are excited to recognize this year’s top 100 Most Valuable Researchers (MVRs) based on the total number of points earned for each valid report.

Microsoft Bug Bounty Program Year in Review: $13.8M in Rewards

Monday, August 07, 2023

We are thrilled to share the results of our collaboration with over 345 security researchers from +45 countries around the world in the past 12 months. Together, we have discovered and fixed more than a thousand potential security issues before they impacted our customers. In recognition of this valuable collaboration, we have awarded $13.

From Bounty Leaderboards to Microsoft Security Researcher, Meet Cameron Vincent!

Monday, July 17, 2023

Fun Facts: Game you binged: Guitar Hero and Rock Band fanatic. Go to snack: Nutri-Grain Bars. Favorite Drink: Soda – Coca Cola specifically. Favorite Place: Singapore – stayed an extra week after a hacking collaboration and truly fell in love and hopes to get back as soon as possible. Favorite Movie/Genre: Parasite – Korean Cinema, had been watching Koren Cinema before it became a thing.