14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft will soon launch the new Windows 8.1 Preview, so in order to make sure that its next OS release will be extremely secure, the company is also announcing a new security bounty program.
Basically, all those who find a vulnerability in Windows 8.1 will be rewarded with $100,000 (€75,500), just to help Microsoft patch the operating system and keep its users on the safe side.
“Microsoft will pay up to $100,000 for truly novel exploitation techniques against protections built into the latest version of our operating system (Windows 8.1 Preview). Learning about new exploitation techniques earlier helps Microsoft improve security by leaps, instead of capturing one vulnerability at a time as a traditional bug bounty alone would,” the company explained.
The new program will debut on June 26, the same day when the company is set to introduce the new Windows 8.1 Preview at the BUILD developer conference in San Francisco.