Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark

In this article 1. AI-powered vulnerability discovery at hyper-scale 2. Codename: MDASH—Microsoft Security’s new multi-model agentic scanning harness 3. Using codename MDASH for security research 4. The 5.12.2026 Patch Tuesday cohort 5. Two deep dives 1. CVE-2026-33827—Remote unauthenticated UAF ...

Strengthening secure software at global scale: How MSRC is evolving with AI

Cybersecurity has always been a race between defenders and attackers, constrained by human time, attention, and scale. What is changing now is the level of capability available to apply security fundamentals with far greater reach and speed...

Microsoft Bounty Program year in review: $17 million in rewards

We’re thrilled to share that this year, the Microsoft Bounty Program has distributed $17 million to 344 security researchers from 59 countries, the highest total bounty awarded in the program’s history. In close collaboration with the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, these security...

Disrupting active exploitation of on-premises SharePoint vulnerabilities

July 23, 2025 update – Expanded analysis and threat intelligence from our continued monitoring of exploitation activity by Storm-2603 leading to the deployment of Warlock ransomware. Based on new information, we have updated the Attribution, Indicators of compromise, extended and clarified...

Rising star: Meet Dylan, MSRC’s youngest security researcher

At just 13 years old, Dylan became the youngest security researcher to collaborate with the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. His journey into cybersecurity is inspiring—rooted in curiosity, resilience, and a deep desire to make a difference. Early beginnings: From scratch to security...

Zero Day Quest 2025: $1.6 million awarded for vulnerability research

This month, the Microsoft Security Response Center recently welcomed some of the world’s most talented security researchers at Microsoft’s Zero Day Quest, the largest live hacking competition of its kind. The inaugural event challenged the security community to focus on the highest-impact securit...

How MSRC coordinates vulnerability research and disclosure while building community

In an era where discovering and rapidly mitigating security vulnerabilities is more important than ever before, the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC is at the center of this work. MSRC focuses on investigating vulnerabilities, coordinating their disclosure, and releasing security updates t...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report January 2025

Microsoft’s January 2025 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing softwar...

Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs

Welcome to the second installment in our series on transparency at the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. In this ongoing discussion, we discuss our commitment to provide comprehensive vulnerability information to our customers. At MSRC, our mission is to protect our customers, communities,...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report June 2024

Microsoft’s June 2024 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing software...

Improved Guidance for Azure Network Service Tags

Summary Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC was notified in January 2024 by our industry partner, Tenable Inc., about the potential for cross-tenant access to web resources using the service tags feature. Microsoft acknowledged that Tenable provided a valuable contribution to the Azure...

Critical Boot Loader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros

The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 CVSS score: 9.8, the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot bypas...

Microsoft PowerShell Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Dec 2023) - Windows

This host is missing an important security update for PowerShell Core according to Microsoft security advisory CVE-2023-36013. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

Microsoft Security Update Validation Report October 2023

Microsoft’s October 2023 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing softwar...

What to expect when reporting vulnerabilities to Microsoft

At the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, our mission is to protect our customers, communities, and Microsoft from current and emerging threats to security and privacy. One way we achieve this is by working with security researchers to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in our servic...

Exploit for Untrusted Pointer Dereference in Microsoft

It is an exploit module targeting Apache HTTP Server. The target...

New MSRC Blog Site

We are excited to announce the release of the new Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC blog site. Please visit msrc.microsoft.com/blog/starting February 9th, 2023, for all past and future MSRC blog content. In addition to the new URL, we have refreshed the site with a new look and improved sit...

New MSRC Blog Site

We are excited to announce the release of the new Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC blog site. Please visit msrc.microsoft.com/blog/ starting February 9th, 2023, for all past and future MSRC blog content. In addition to the new URL, we have refreshed the site with a new look and improved si...

New MSRC Blog Site

We are excited to announce the release of the new Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC blog site. Please visit msrc.microsoft.com/blog/ starting February 9th, 2023, for all past and future MSRC blog content. In addition to the new URL, we have refreshed the site with a new look and improved si...

BlueHat 2023: Connecting the security research community with Microsoft

We’re excited to welcome more than 400 members of the security research community from around the world to Redmond, Washington for BlueHat 2023. Hosted by the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, BlueHat is where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals, come...