<http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-08/bh-us-08-main.html>Black Hat
Briefings, the conference before Las Vegas based hacker con
<https://www.defcon.org/>Defcon, saw the first ever
<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/>Pwnie Award Ceremony. The awards
reward achievements in security and horrible failures in categories
such as <http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#bestserverbug>Best
Server-Side
Bug<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#bestclientbug>, Best
Client-Side Bug<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#mass0wnage>,
Mass 0wnage<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#research>, Most
Innovative
Research<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#lamestvendor>,
Lamest Vendor
Response<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#overhypedbug>, Most
Overhyped Bug<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#fail>, Most
Epic FAIL<http://pwnie-awards.org/2008/awards.html#lifetime>, and
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Oh, and there's an award for "Best Song", which went to antivirus
company Kapersky Labs for keepin' it real with "Packin' the K".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHxyHlFZ778&e
posted by
<http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/08/packin-k-pwnie-awarded-corporate-anthem.htm>johl<http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/08/packin-k-pwnie-awarded-corporate-anthem.htm>,
Thursday, August 07, 2008
