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Microsoft has announced a new bug bounty program aimed at unearthing vulnerabilities in Defender-related products and services, and is offering participants the possibility to earn up to $20,000 for the most critical bugs. Microsoft Defender includes various products and services that are build to secure and protect Microsoft users.
Interview Microsoft's bug bounty program celebrated its tenth birthday this year, and has paid out $63 million to security researchers in that first decade - with $60 million awarded to bug hunters in the past five years alone, according to Redmond. She credited Katie Moussouris, who played a key role in convincing Redmond's top brass that Microsoft needed a bug bounty program - despite execs vowing never to pay researchers for bugs.
Microsoft is now rolling out the Copilot AI assistant to eligible non-managed systems enrolled in the Windows Insider program and running Windows 10 22H2 Home and Pro editions. "Windows Insiders on eligible devices in the Release Preview Channel who already did this with last week's update should see Copilot in Windows shortly," the Windows Insider Program Team said on Monday.
Microsoft has unveiled a new bug bounty program aimed at the Microsoft Defender security platform, with rewards between $500 and $20,000.Currently, the Microsoft Defender Bounty Program is limited in scope and will focus solely on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs.
Organizations using Microsoft Azure will have access to confidential virtual machines in Azure on Dec. 1, allowing greater privacy and compliance. Confidential VMs:. SEE: Windows 10 users can now try out the AI assistant Microsoft Copilot.
Microsoft is rolling out fixes for known Microsoft 365 issues causing 'Something Went Wrong ' sign-in errors and rendering desktop applications unusable for many customers. As the company acknowledged almost one month ago, these login issues impact customers using Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Apps for business, and Office apps for iOS and Android.
Microsoft will roll out the Copilot AI-powered assistant to Windows 10 systems enrolled in the Insider Program over the coming months. Copilot in Windows was first introduced in September, initially available with Windows 11 22H2, and is now enabled by default automatically on Windows 11 23H2 devices.
Cloud PCs give you access to Windows AI tools on any device, and Windows 365 now has AI-powered tools to help IT give users the right cloud PC for their needs. Microsoft is adding more AI tools to Windows, including Copilot on Windows 11, and giving developers more tools to create AI features of their own for Windows.
Microsoft fixed a known issue causing blue screens and boot failures in Windows Server 2022 virtual machines deployed on VMware ESXi hosts. The company confirmed the issue days later, saying it only affects guest VMs on VMware ESXi hosts with an AMD Epyc physical processor, the "Expose IOMMU to guest OS" VMware option toggled on, and Virtualization Based Security and System Guard Secure Launch enabled in Windows Server 2022.
Microsoft has released fixes to address 63 security bugs in its software for the month of November 2023, including three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of...