Vulnerability found 100 thousand dollars

Microsoft, Windows 8.1, 100 thousand dollars in prize money will give the person who found the vulnerability announced . Context Information Security firm working as a security researcher James Forshaw discovered a security vulnerability on Windows 8.1 and won $ 100,000 in prize money . Built- in protection systems in excess of 8.1 Forshaw discovered a new technique of infiltration .
Microsoft BlueHat blog site was declared at the beginning of this year, according to a statement in the program was carried out to pay for the second time . The first payment was identified a vulnerability in IE 11 and a total of 28 thousand dollars , and paid six security researcher . The problem of course is not fully identified and no explanation until it is resolved .
Coincidentally one of the engineers working at Microsoft has identified similar methodology , but with the same vulnerability Forshaw Forshaw'ın presentation report is of very high quality and has gained the right to receive the highest award identifies alternatives was decided . Forshaw , IE 11 also one of the areas provided for the payment . HP TippingPoint program also won 20 thousand dollars .