About this tag
Discussions tagged with online services on WindowsForum.com cover security vulnerabilities in Microsoft-hosted services, such as CVE-2026-62835, which involves information disclosure in online services. Other threads address Microsoft 365 price increases tied to AI investments, the Microsoft Bounty Program and Azure DevOps Bounty program for securing online services, and general privacy and security practices when using online services. The tag also appears in MSRC blog posts about how Microsoft recognizes researchers for online services submissions and in user discussions about using Tor Browser to protect privacy while accessing online services. These conversations reflect ongoing concerns about security, privacy, and cost in cloud-based and online service environments.
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CVE-2026-62835: Microsoft Flags Online Services Data Disclosure
Microsoft has published CVE-2026-62835, an Online Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability, creating a fresh security-triage item for organizations that rely on Microsoft-hosted services, cloud-connected Windows environments, or applications integrated with Microsoft identity and service...- WindowsForum AI
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- cloud security cve 2026 62835 microsoft security online services
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Microsoft Price Hikes & AI Tactics Spark User Backlash and Alternatives
Here’s a summary and analysis of "I’ve had it with Microsoft" by Paris Marx, as seen on Disconnect: Main Points: Price hikes and AI funding: Paris Marx criticizes Microsoft for significantly raising prices on existing Microsoft 365 customers to fund its investments in generative AI. For...- WindowsForum AI
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- ai funding ai hype consumer trust corporate deception digital pricing generative ai libreoffice market manipulation microsoft microsoft 365 online services onlyoffice open source price hike subscription plans tech backlash tech controversy tech ethics tech market abuse user frustration
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- Forum: Windows News
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Microsoft Bounty Program Updates: Faster bounty review, faster payments, and higher rewards
Link Removed In 2018 The Microsoft Bounty Program awarded over $2,000,000 to encourage and reward external security research in key technologies to protect our customers. Building on that success, we are excited to announce a number of improvements in our bounty programs to better serve the...- News
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- assessment bounty program bug bounty cloud computing community consumer protection duplicate reports hackerone microsoft microsoft azure online services payment payment processing policy research research areas rewards security vulnerability
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Announcing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Bounty program
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Link Removed program, a program dedicated to providing rock-solid security for our DevOps customers. Starting January 17, 2019, we’re excited to offer rewards up to US$20,000 for eligible vulnerabilities in...- News
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- azure devops bounty program bug bounty cloud computing code submission collaborative coding community engagement developer community development lifecycle microsoft msrc online services product improvement public acknowledgment recognition rewards security security research software development vulnerability
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Privacy and Security Discussion
What do to protect your identity online? What's your threat model? How did you come up with your threat model? What are your primary concerns with your information being online and the online services and apps you use? How do you protect yourself online? Do you use Gmail or Protonmail? Do you...- Axel PC
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- banking blur.com data security discussion gmail identity security information security keypass lastpass online safety online services password management privacy privacy.com proton mail security threat model tips user concerns
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Inside the MSRC– The Monthly Security Update Releases
For the second in this series of blog entries we want to look into which vulnerability reports make it into the monthly release cadence. It may help to start with some history. In September 2003 we made a change from a release anytime approach to a mostly predictable, monthly release cadence...- News
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- automatic updates backporting customer action extended security updates fix documentation microsoft security monthly release online services opportunistic updates phil misner risk assessment risk management security lifecycle security research software release support lifecycle update tuesday vulnerability vulnerability reporting
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Inside the MSRC – How we recognize our researchers
This is the first of a series of blog entries to give some insight into the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) business and how we work with security researchers and vulnerability reports. The Microsoft Security Response Center actively recognizes those security researchers who help us...- News
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- acknowledgement awards bug bounty community customer security cve engagement extended security updates insights microsoft monthly bulletin online services operational security research response center security security research submission threat landscape vulnerability
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Tor Browser Experiment
So just thought I'd share that I'm going to use Tor browser for 30 days on my laptop and phone :nerves: I want to see if I can do all the usual web surfing and use the same services I'd normally use with Firefox of Chrome. And maybe I can post my questions about any problems I might encounter...- Axel PC
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- 30 days chrome community help experiment feedback firefox internet usage laptop online security online services phone privacy recommendations security awareness testing tips tor browser trade offs user experience web browsing
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Office 365 security researchers: Double your bounties March-May 2017
Microsoft strives to protect our customers and we’re constantly improving our security posture to meet their needs. We realize the desire of researchers and customers to security test our services to ensure they can trust us and our solutions. We also believe that if a researcher informs us of a...- News
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- admin portal bounty program bountycraft compromise protection customer safety cybersecurity email security exchange online march may 2017 microsoft microsoft 365 online services research rewards security user protection vulnerability website management workshops
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Microsoft Bounty Programs Announce Expansion – Bounty for Microsoft OneDrive
At Microsoft, we continue to add new properties to our security bug bounty programs to help keep our customer’s secure. Today, I’m pleased to announce the addition of Microsoft OneDrive to the Microsoft Online Services Bug Bounty Program. This addition further incentivizes security researchers...- News
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- announcement bounty program bug bounty cansecwest customer security expansion incentives microsoft microsoft booth onedrive online services payouts programs research security security research submission tech news vancouver vulnerability
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Microsoft Bounty Programs Expansion - Bounty for Defense, Authentication Bonus, and RemoteApp
I am very pleased to be releasing additional expansions of the Link Removed. Please stop by the Microsoft Networking Lounge at Black Hat, August 5-6, to learn more about these programs; or, visit Link Removed. We are raising the Bounty for Defense maximum from $50,000 USD to $100,000 USD. I am...- News
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- authentication azure active directory black hat bounty program bug bounty contest defense bounty feedback las vegas microsoft microsoft account networking lounge online services payouts penetration testing remoteapp research community sdl security research vulnerability
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Cloud Storage Just Became Cheap Overnight
This week, the horse left the proverbial barn, ladies and gentlemen, and now Microsoft, Google, Apple, Dropbox, Box.net, and a large number of other companies are competing in an arena that will help you backup and synchronize your files, forever, if you so desire, online, and at the lowest...- Mike
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- aws cloud backup cloud storage cost reduction cross-platform data security dropbox file sharing file synchronization free storage google drive icloud internet services mac microsoft online services project management server farm windows live skydrive
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 8 Windows 8: A platform for selling Windows Live and branded content?
I have reserved a great deal of time not passing judgement on Windows 8, but so far I am not as enthused as, perhaps, I should be. This is not to say that I have given up on Windows 8, but for me, the Consumer Preview just isn't doing it. The main problem, of course, for me, and I suspect many...- Mike
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- consumer preview control desktop feedback integration metro ui online services performance privacy product placement productivity software development touchscreen update user experience windows 8 windows live
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Google "Places" drops outside customer reviews
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- antitrust competition google investigation market power online services places review tripadvisor yelp
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Windows 7 Free Translator - Google Translate Client
Link Removed due to 404 Error Google Translate Client is a language translator application by utilizing the service from Link Removed. By using this application, you can translate any word or sentence from any language around the world into English or vice versa. Google Translate supports...- aranda
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- application auto paste browser chrome client download features firefox google translate integration language online services opera software text translation translator update windows word
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Microsoft business suite wins federal certification
Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Services-Federal product has Link Removed due to 404 Error from the federal government under the Federal Information Security Management Act, a bit of news that would have meant nothing to more than a handful of folks who follow the arcana of such things...- cybercore
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- business certification federal fisma government microsoft online services productivity security technology
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Good-bye Google Gears, hello HTML5
Google's decision to transition its applications to Web standards offers telling insight into the HTML5 standardization process Google technologies are known for their extended beta test periods -- so much so that when the search giant actually ships a finished product it's front page news. But...- reghakr
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- browser compatibility cloud computing developer tools flash player gears google html5 internet explorer javascript mozilla online services standards implementation storage api technology transition w3c web apps web development web standards youtube video
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Communications channel
:l: Link Removed - online service for securing your messages in an easy way. All you need is only to enter a message text of your message and encryption password. The password will be used for both encryption and decryption. The system will encrypt your message using strong encryption...- cybercore
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- algorithms communication decryption encryption interception messaging online services privacy public places security
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Computer and network cable installation
Hi all! My name is Ann and I just joined the forum, I’m also a new comer to computer and network cable installation. I’m still trying to understand it all and our little company (just me and my husband) is still navigating through all the different ways to approach the industry. It’s a tough...- arstreamp
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- business strategy community economy installation network cabling offline servicing online services resources support tools veterans
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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NetFlix Customers with PS3 No Longer Need Disc
While completely unrelated to both personal computers as we know them, here is a good one for NetFlix subscribers who rely on their Playstation 3 console to stream content via the NetFlix "instant streaming disc" to watch Internet-based movies. This just came down the pipeline: You no longer...- Mike
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- entertainment instant games media movies netflix online services playstation ps3 streaming tv shows
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- Forum: General Computing