Hackers discover windows and IE vulnerabilities Microsoft Awards 100,000

NetEase Science and technology news October 9, according to Reuters, Microsoft announced in Tuesday, the award of a discovery of its software security vulnerabilities in the well-known hacker experts more than 100,000 dollars. This is the highest amount of technology companies have so far rewarded hackers. The company also released high-profile IE updates, fixing a loophole that could be used to launch a remote attack. According to Microsoft, James Fossio James Forshaw, the vulnerability research director at the Information Security in London safety consultancy, won the first 100,000 dollar bounty awarded by Microsoft for discovering new vulnerabilities in Windows, The discovery of this vulnerability would allow Microsoft to develop defensive techniques to deal with an entire attack category. Keddy Mossolis Katie Moussouris, senior security strategist at the Microsoft Security Emergency Response Center, said Forshaw had won another 9400 dollars because of a security breach in the preview IE11 browser. Microsoft launched the award four months ago, designed to prevent highly skilled attackers from damaging new security technologies for their software. Previously, Forshaw has identified dozens of software security vulnerabilities. He got a huge bonus from Hewlett-Packard in the Pwn2Own competition, where he discovered the way PWN (acquiring ownership) Oracle Java software. Microsoft also released an IE update in the afternoon of Tuesday, fixing a security breach that was first disclosed last month. The researchers said that hackers exploited the loophole to attack many companies in Asia in an operation called Deputydog by FireEye, a cyber-security firm. Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer for cybersecurity, BeyondTrust, said that after Microsoft disclosed the problem, it caused the attention of cyber-criminals, which was widely exploited. He advises computer users to install IE updates immediately. (Mushulin)