October 9th Cybersecurity Update – Microsoft Reward

Microsoft is making good on its promise to reward hackers that find security flaws in its software. The company has given its first 100-thousand-dollar bounty to cybersecurity researcher James Forshaw, who works for London-based Context Information Security. Microsoft says Forshaw came up with a new exploitation technique. The details are a secret until Microsoft can successfully address it. It says Forshaw’s discovery will help Microsoft develop defenses against entire classes of cyber attacks.

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