{"id":110820,"date":"2020-05-05T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=110820"},"modified":"2020-05-04T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:41:29","slug":"unit-42-security-researcher-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/unit-42-security-researcher-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 42 Recognized by Microsoft on the MSRC Security Researcher Leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zhibin Zhang, principal researcher, Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Palo Alto Networks is proud to announce that Microsoft has recognized Zhibin Zhang, a principal researcher for Unit 42, on their <\/span>MSRC Security Researcher Leaderboard<\/span><\/a> for Q1 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhang leads a team dedicated to monitoring and covering critical and popular software vulnerabilities. Over his four-year tenure at Palo Alto Networks, he has been credited with <\/span>discovering numerous critical vulnerabilities<\/span><\/a> in the Adobe ecosystem. Zhang\u2019s more recent work has focused exclusively on vulnerability research around Microsoft products.<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft has recently expanded their efforts of recognizing security researchers who report vulnerabilities through <\/span>Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure<\/span><\/a>. Their MSRC researcher recognition programs allows researchers to earn points for their contributions and be recognized in public leaderboards and rankings. <\/span>Each valid vulnerability reported to the Microsoft Security Response Center receives points based on the severity and impact of the vulnerability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With significant contributions and CVE generation over the last quarter, Zhang joins the ranks of fellow Unit 42 researchers Gal De Leon and Bar Lahav, who were previously recognized in Microsoft\u2019s annual list of the <\/span>Most Valuable Security Researchers<\/span><\/a>. For several of the contributions that led to his inclusion in the Q1 leaderboard, Zhang was assisted by fellow Unit 42 researcher, Bo Qu.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt's a tremendous honor to be recognized on the latest MSRC Security Researcher Leaderboard,\" said Zhang. \"This recognition is a testament to the whole team's continuing dedication to produce in-depth research to prevent successful cyberattacks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Microsoft, each quarterly leaderboard recognizes the security researchers who ranked at or above the 95th percentile based on their total points. This quarter\u2019s leaderboard reflects point values with the following:<\/span><\/p>\n