Security News

Microsoft opens fuzz testing service to the wider public (Help Net Security)
2017-07-28 20:19

Microsoft Security Risk Detection, a cloud-based fuzz testing service previously known under the name Project Springfield, is now open to all and sundry. Fuzz testing (i.e. fuzzing) is a software...

Microsoft offers rewards for Windows bugs (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 13:20

Microsoft is asking researchers to look for bugs inside the latest Windows 10 version (Insider Preview slow ring). Remote code execution bugs can net finders up to $15,000, elevation of privilege...

Microsoft Launches Windows Bug Bounty Program (Security Week)
2017-07-27 06:38

Microsoft announced on Wednesday the launch of a Windows bug bounty program with payouts ranging between $500 and $250,000. read more

Microsoft expands bug bounty program to cover any Windows flaw (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-26 20:28

Now every part of Windows is covered by a bug bounty scheme.

Microsoft Is Paying Up To $250,000 With Its New Bug Bounty Program (The Hackers News)
2017-07-26 11:52

Microsoft has finally launched a new dedicated bug bounty program to encourage security researchers and bug hunters for finding and responsibly reporting vulnerabilities in its latest Windows...

Microsoft targets Fancy Bear’s domains in trademark lawsuit (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-21 18:55

"Redirecting…Strontium domains will directly disrupt current Strontium infrastructure."

How Microsoft Cleverly Cracks Down On "Fancy Bear" Hacking Group (The Hackers News)
2017-07-21 01:53

What could be the best way to take over and disrupt cyber espionage campaigns? Hacking them back? Probably not. At least not when it's Microsoft, who is continuously trying to protect its users...

Forged Documents and Microsoft Fonts (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-14 11:51

A set of documents in Pakistan were detected as forgeries because their fonts were not in circulation at the time the documents were dated....

Microsoft Patches LDAP Relay Vulnerability in NTLM (Security Week)
2017-07-12 13:50

Microsoft resolved over 30 bugs with its July 2017 set of security patches, one being a vulnerability where the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) wasn’t protected from Microsoft NT LAN...

Microsoft Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities (Security Week)
2017-07-12 06:42

Microsoft has patched more than 50 vulnerabilities in its products, including Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office, SharePoint, .NET, Exchange and HoloLens. While some of them have already...