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.
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.
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.
The Pwnie Awards ceremony will take place again during the BlackHat USA reception on August 6, 2008. Last year's inagural 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!
The 2007 annual Pwnie Awards took place last night in Las Vegas. The list of winners is up at http://pwnie-awards.org/2007/winners.html
The call for Pwnie Award nominations is now closed. We had a tremendous number of submissions and it was really hard to decide which ones are the best. The list of nominees is finally up at http://pwnie-awards.org/2007/awards.html
The Pwnie Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, August 1st. The location is Palace Ballroom 3 at Caesar's Palace, right next to the BlackHat reception area. We'd like to thank BlackHat for their generous offer to host the awards.
We will start at 6pm. See you there!