Microsoft is introducing Zero Day Quest, an unprecedented hacking event aimed at identifying critical security vulnerabilities in cloud and AI technologies. The initiative offers $4 million in potential awards and represents the company’s most ambitious security research challenge to date.
Key Event Details:
- Location: Microsoft Headquarters, Redmond, Washington
- Date: 2025
- Total Award Pool: $4 million
- Focus Areas: Cloud and AI security vulnerabilities
Event Highlights:
- Security researchers can submit research for bounty awards
- Direct access to Microsoft AI engineers and AI Red Team
- Doubled bounty rates for AI-related vulnerabilities
- Commitment to industry-wide transparency through CVE program
Strategic Context: This event follows Microsoft’s recent security transformation, where the company declared security as its top priority after facing significant security challenges.
Additional Initiatives:
- Launch of Microsoft Security Exposure Management
- Graph-based security vulnerability identification tool
- Comprehensive approach to sharing and learning from discovered vulnerabilities
Quotes: “Security is a team sport.” – Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft Security VP “The largest hacking event of its kind.” – Tom Gallagher, Microsoft Engineering VP
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