Bug Bounty From MS

[Tinman57]

Microsoft unleashes bug bounty program — for betas, too

The software giant's bug bounty program will aim to fix security flaws, bugs, and vulnerabilities even before products are released.

http://www.zdnet.com...betas-too-7000016956

[Stoic Joker]

Do we send the bugg reports to MS or the NSA?

[Tinman57]

Do we send the bugg reports to MS or the NSA?

-Stoic Joker (June 19, 2013, 08:00 PM)

  Don't matter who you send it to, the NSA will get a copy BEFORE the intended recipient does....

[Tinman57]

  Well here's the "Gotcha" from MS.  Now whodathunkit?

Microsoft's $100,000 bug bounty: Read the fine print
06.22.2013 10:30 AM
Microsoft is offering up to $100,000 for vulnerabilities found in Windows 8.1 that are paired with exploits, but it's pretty much up to Microsoft to decide who gets paid how much based on a set of subjective criteria.

http://www.pcworld.c...-the-fine-print.html

[Fred Nerd]

So basically they want you to keep all the bugs you find a secret so that you can be the only person claiming the bounty. This way no-one will put all the bugs up on the net to be laughed at.

Smooth move.

[Tinman57]

So basically they want you to keep all the bugs you find a secret so that you can be the only person claiming the bounty. This way no-one will put all the bugs up on the net to be laughed at.

Smooth move.

-Fred Nerd (June 24, 2013, 06:13 AM)

  But the biggest issue is MS gets to decide how much the bug report is worth based on their "Subjective Criteria".  Of course to save themselves a lot of money, all they have to say is "Oh, this bug isn't that big of a deal or important enough to give you very much money....

[Stoic Joker]

If somebody dug up three bugs looking to get paid for them, and MS didn't have a decent going rate type price for the first one... I bet the other two would get offered to somebody else first.

Just sayin'...

[Tinman57]

If somebody dug up three bugs looking to get paid for them, and MS didn't have a decent going rate type price for the first one... I bet the other two would get offered to somebody else first.

Just sayin'...

-Stoic Joker (June 24, 2013, 03:59 PM)

  I hear the Russian Mafia pays big bucks for bugs, especially for ones that allow back doors and such....