Microsoft is offering massive monetary rewards for people who can hack Teams and other applications from Microsoft's suite under its Bounty Program that aims to determine app weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Most software and online companies uphold this program with the same goal of determining its vulnerable areas on its technology.
Microsoft's Bounty Program for Hackers
Before this, Microsoft also upheld a program for people to present hacking procedures to the company and also have rewards and compensation for successfully achieving the breach against the company. According to Microsoft Security Response Center's (MSRC) blog post on Wednesday, March 24, it is offering a sum of $500 to $30,000, depending on the level of attack.
The attack is mostly centered on Microsoft Teams, especially as it became one of the most used online tools for collaboration during this pandemic, and has been a close competitor of the popular "zoom" video conference. The Redmond software giant wants to know what is still needed to be changed in the collaboration tool that is meant for massive corporations.
While Microsoft is highlighting Teams on this program, the company still opens its doors to other hacks and attacks from the different hackers worldwide, and that also includes the Microsoft Office and 365 cloud applications. Hackers need to submit the procedure, steps, and tools they used to assess this claim and receive their rewards.
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Microsoft Application Bounty Program
Under the MSRC, the company's Microsoft Application Bounty Program aims to determine the technical vulnerabilities of its software and product so that it would be ready for future attacks and have its systems protected. The program is like a vaccine for technology and the company, getting to know the problem and looking at ways to avoid it next time.
The Redmond giant is offering a free one-month trial for Microsoft Teams specifically for this venture and hack so that the threat actors who would participate would have full access to the suite of the application. It is important to note that Microsoft aims to determine new vulnerabilities, and would only accept a new angle or vulnerability that is yet unknown to Microsoft.
The hack is divided into two programs, and that is General and Scenario-based hacks to determine the bounty that would be given to the person or team who performed the systems breach. The Scenario-based Bounty starts from $6,000 and rewards up to $30,000 as it specifically targets or highlights a vulnerability among the system.
On the other hand, the General bounty offers a lower reward starting from $500 to as much as $15,000 for valid vulnerability reports that do not dive into specifics that would pinpoint the problem.
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Written by Isaiah Alonzo
