In a game changing move, Microsoft has reversed its longstanding ban on paying hackers for information about freshly discovered security holes – and instead is now offering rich bounties for notice of new Windows bugs.
Microsoft has long benefited from the bug bounty programs of other vendors, especially Google and Mozilla. But it is now offering three new programs to encourage and compensate so-called gray hat and white hat researchers who spend their days hunting down fresh security flaws in Microsoft products.
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