Microsoft Launches Zero Day Quest: A $4 Million Cybersecurity Hacking Challenge for Cloud and AI Security

Microsoft Launches Zero Day Quest: A  Million Cybersecurity Hacking Challenge for Cloud and AI Security

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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