Many companies offer bug bounty programs as they encourage people to search for and discover security vulnerabilities in software, and report them privately to the vendor so that a fix can be implemented and applied before a malicious actor exploits them. Security researchers and other members of the public are financially incentivized to do this as they are awarded monetary rewards. Now, Microsoft has announced major updates to its .NET Bounty Program. Rewards now start from $7,000 and go up...

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