Crowdsourcing: Microsoft Opens Site for Submitting Malicious & Phishing Sites for Review

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

October 10, 2017

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Microsoft has a massive network of machines that are focused on using machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect threats on the Internet.

It is this data that is used to help identify threats through products like Windows Defender, Advanced Threat Protection, SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge and Windows Store apps, and exploit protections.

While machine learning and artificial intelligence are good at finding patterns and certain behaviors in data sometimes the power of the crowd can be useful in finding edge security threats and cases.

Well as of today individuals can now submit suspicious websites directly to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) thanks to a new preview program.

It was formally announced earlier today through the MMPC Twitter account:

The site is very straightforward and just requires the sites URL and whether you believe it is a phishing or malicious site.

 

You can access the site at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/support/report-unsafe-site

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Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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