Microsoft Security Response Center Blog
Archived: 2026-04-06 15:43:34 UTC
The research never stops: Zhiniang Peng’s security research story
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Some security researchers discover hacking early. Others discover it accidentally. For Zhiniang Peng, it started
with curiosity and cybersecurity magazines. Growing up in China, computers and the internet were already part of
daily life by the time
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From arcades to Azure: Felix’s security research journey
Friday, February 20, 2026
When you talk with Felix, you quickly get the sense that he has always been propelled by curiosity and by a need
for something that truly challenges him. Today, he is a successful independent security researcher who
uncovers vulnerabilities across
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Submit your research: BlueHat 2026 Call for Papers is open
Friday, February 13, 2026
The next BlueHat Conference will take place May 5 - 6, 2026, on Microsoft’s Redmond campus in Washington
State, USA. The Call for Papers (CFP) is now open and closes February 28, 2026. The BlueHat community brings
together security researchers and
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Fixing the script: Journey to reduce XSS exposure
Monday, February 9, 2026
Cross‑site scripting (XSS) remains one of the most frequently reported web vulnerabilities—not because
developers are unaware of it, but because many deployed mitigations address symptoms rather than root
causes. Across vulnerability reports and
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How Asem Eleraky went from a shared family PC to finding critical vulnerabilities
https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/
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Monday, February 9, 2026
In the world of vulnerability research, origin stories are rarely linear. For Asem Eleraky, the path to becoming a
Microsoft MVR began not in a SOC lab or a university classroom, but with a single family PC and a short daily
window to explore his
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From points to payouts: The evolution of the Microsoft security researcher
leaderboard
Friday, February 6, 2026
The global security research community plays a critical role in helping Microsoft protect customers. Through their
deep technical expertise, coordinated disclosure, and collaboration, researchers help identify and
remediate vulnerabilities, and shape
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“The bugs pick you”: Inside Wouter’s security research journey
Thursday, January 29, 2026
If you ask Wouter when his security journey began, he’ll take you back to a childhood in the Netherlands,
tinkering with the 8086 PC his parents brought home when he was five or six. That early curiosity, fueled by
racing games, trial-and-error
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Congratulations to the top MSRC 2025 Q4 security researchers!
Monday, January 5, 2026
Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition
Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers.
The top three researchers of the 2025 Q4
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Evolving our approach to coordinated security research: In scope by default
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Today at Black Hat Europe, I raised our commitment to customer security through our partnerships with the
security research community. In an AI and cloud-first world, threat actors don’t limit themselves to
specific products or services. They don’t
https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/
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How Brad Schlintz built a life of freedom and impact through security research
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
At Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), we celebrate the diverse paths that bring researchers to our
community. Brad Schlintz’s story is one of curiosity, resilience, and a relentless drive to learn, spanning rural
beginnings, career pivots,
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Source: https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/
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