View Single Post
Staro 23.11.2021., 17:17   #5315
kopija
DIY DILETANT
 
kopija's Avatar
 
Datum registracije: Jan 2009
Lokacija: Čistilište
Postovi: 3,586



When BleepingComputer asked Naceri why he publicly disclosed the zero-day vulnerability, we were told he did it out of frustration over Microsoft's decreasing payouts in their bug bounty program.

"Microsoft bounties has been trashed since April 2020, I really wouldn't do that if MSFT didn't take the decision to downgrade those bounties," explained Naceri.

Naceri is not alone in his concerns about what researchers feel is the reduction in bug bounty awards.

Under Microsoft's new bug bounty program one of my zerodays has gone from being worth $10,000 to $1,000


-->
New Windows zero-day with public exploit lets you become an admin




When BleepingComputer asked Naceri why he publicly disclosed the zero-day vulnerability, we were told he did it out of frustration over Microsoft's decreasing payouts in their bug bounty program.

"Microsoft bounties has been trashed since April 2020, I really wouldn't do that if MSFT didn't take the decision to downgrade those bounties," explained Naceri.

Naceri is not alone in his concerns about what researchers feel is the reduction in bug bounty awards.

Under Microsoft's new bug bounty program one of my zerodays has gone from being worth $10,000 to $1,000


kopija je offline   Reply With Quote