The Pwnie Awards
2008
An annual awards ceremony celebrating and making fun of the achievements and failures of security researchers and the wider security community.
News
Aug 20, 2008
Pwnie Awards Winners
The list of Pwnie Award winners is up! Thanks to BlackHat, we can also make available the video from the award ceremony:
Jul 20, 2008
Nominations are up!
The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is finally published. We've received some really good submissions and it was not an easy task to narrow them down to five nominees per category, but we hope that we've done a good job. The next step for the Pwnie Awards judges will gather in an undisclosed location prior to the award ceremony and vote on the winners.
Jul 16, 2008
The list of nominees will be announced shortly
We're thrilled with the great response the Pwnie Awards have received this year. The number of nomination submissions far exceeded our expectations. We got 134 submissions (including only three SQL injection attempts but a surprising number of Best Song entries) and it will take us an extra day or two to process them all. The list of nominations will be published shortly.
Jun 16, 2008
Nominations open for the Pwnie Awards 2008
It is time to open the nominations for the Pwnie Awards 2008. We invite all members of the security community to look back at the past year and nominate all great bugs, lame vendors, amazing research and more. The full list of award categories can be found at the nominations page. In 2008 we are introducing two new awards: Pwnie for Most Epic FAIL and a Lifetime Achievement Award for hackers over 30.
Jun 15, 2008
The Pwnie Awards return to BlackHat USA in 2008
The Pwnie Awards ceremony will take place again during the BlackHat USA reception on August 6, 2008. Last year's inaugural event was a lot of fun, and we hope it will only get better. What should you expect from this year's ceremony? Exciting new categories, inspirational acceptance speeches by the winners of the Lamest Vendor Award and a special sing-along lead by HD Moore! Stay tuned for more!