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Does Microsoft Need Bug Bounties?

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-deep-are-their-coffers dept.

Gunkerty Jeb writes "The threats and attacks may have changed in the last decade, but one thing has remained constant: software giant Microsoft doesn't pay for vulnerabilities. Never has. Never will. Even as rivals like Mozilla and Google have introduced bug bounty program, the Redmond giant has stuck doggedly with a position it articulated almost a decade ago, refusing to offer monetary rewards for information on software holes. But security experts say that position may have to change."

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  1. In Soviet Microsoft.... by jhoegl · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    In Soviet Microsoft, you PAY them to report bugs.
    No seriously, if you are a lowly person that found and confirmed a bug, you have to pay them to talk to them.
    So yeah... Fuck Microsoft.