Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2025 Q1 Security Researchers!
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 Q1 Security Researcher Leaderboard are 0x140ce, VictorV, Vaisha Bernard of Eye Security!
Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.
Congratulations to the top Azure researchers this quarter: Anonymous, Sandro Poppi, and Vaisha Bernard of Eye Security!
Congratulations to the top Office researchers this quarter: 0x140ce, Li Shuang and willJ, and f4!
Congratulations to the top Windows researchers this quarter: VictorV, wkai, Zhiniang Peng with HUST & R4nger with CyberKunLun!
Congratulations to the top Dynamics researchers this quarter: Brad Schlintz, Dhiral Patel (@dhiralpatel94), and Artem Shymshyrian (Xtytia0922)!
This 2025 Q1 leaderboard reflects point values for cases that are:
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Submitted and assessed by the MSRC team between January 1, 2025, and March 31, 2025
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Submitted to the MSRC team between October 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024 (last program period), but assessed after January 1, 2025
While Researcher Recognition points have been part of MSRC’s reward program for many years, this year marks the first time they are visible in the researcher portal. This added transparency allows you to track your standing more easily throughout the year. If assessment criteria are updated, your points may be adjusted accordingly, which could affect your quarterly score. However, please note that Quarterly and Annual leaderboard rankings are based on the point value at the time you receive the “You’ve Made Leaderboard” notification email. These rankings remain fixed, even if your point total changes afterward.
Past quarterly and annual leaderboard announcements:
Keep up the awesome work and we look forward to seeing you next quarter!
Madeline Eckert, MSRC