Microsoft’s Big Payouts to Hackers Microsoft pays hackers millions—not for breaking systems, but for finding security flaws before criminals exploit them. In the latest reporting period, Microsoft ...

REDMOND, Wash. — March 11, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share. The dividend is payable June 12, 2025, to ...

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Obviously, given how the game works, this was an exploit. Blizzard very quickly stamped things out, as community manager Kaivax explained: "We immediately began an investigation into these unusual ...

Yield farming, also known as liquidity mining, is a decentralized finance (DeFi) strategy where cryptocurrency holders lend or stake their assets in various DeFi protocols to earn rewards.

According to a new report from the Cato CTRL team, the Ballista botnet exploits a remote code execution vulnerability that directly impacts the TP-Link Archer AX-21 router. The botnet can lead to ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has started sending out invites to a 50th anniversary and ...

Google paid almost $12 million in bug bounty rewards to 660 security researchers ... that offers $250,000 bounties for full VM escape exploits. The company says it awarded $65 million in bug ...

You may recall that late last year, we highlighted a special 'Ultimate Giveaway' taking place on the Microsoft Rewards website where one lucky winner would become a millionaire. Well, they're doing ...

Some Xbox users are reportedly receiving indefinite bans from Microsoft's platform for violating a somewhat vague community standard.

Russian forces have made significant advances in Kursk Oblast, threatening to encircle roughly 10,000 Ukrainian troops, multiple sources reported on March 8. The advance follows the recent suspension ...