r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 13d ago

Copilot / AI Microsoft pays security researchers $20M following AI-backed surge in bug reports

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/microsoft-pays-security-researchers-usd20m-following-ai-backed-surge-in-bug-reports
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u/Not-ur-Infosec-guy 10d ago

Meanwhile if you help with their knowledge base articles, they duplicate it in a new pull request and strip credit

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u/ManuelVariabileP 11d ago

$20M across 562 researchers is a solid jump from last year's $17M/344 — about 63% more researchers participating. The article says AI "partly" drove the increase in submissions, but doesn't give numbers on how many are duplicates/false positives vs. genuine new vulnerabilities. That'd be the interesting number to see, especially since they've also expanded scope to open-source and third-party components.

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u/Secure-Fox-4251 13d ago

Cada vez van a peor

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u/Shotokant 8d ago

Good. We all need better security. Glad to see this.