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Award is a recognition typically presented in the form of a trophy, title, certificate, commemorative plaque, medal, badge, coin, or ribbon. Within the context of information security, an award is given to individuals, teams, or organizations that have demonstrated excellence, innovation, or breakthroughs in protecting information assets.
Awards in the cyber security domain often highlight significant contributions to areas such as threat detection, response to security incidents, cryptography, risk management, and the development of advanced security measures to defend against cyber attacks. Honoring best practices and outstanding achievements in information security not only celebrates the recipients but also raises industry standards and promotes a culture of awareness and continuous improvement in safeguarding digital information.
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Inaugural Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Award Winner Impresses Panel with Ability Help Prioritize Vulnerabilities in AI era
During the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, competitors collected $385,750 in cash awards after exploiting 15 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in multiple products, including Windows 11, Microsoft Exchange, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Workstations. [...]
On the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security researchers collected $523,000 in cash awards after exploiting 24 unique zero-days. [...]
For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats
Feeling creative? Have something to say about the last 20 years of cybersecurity? Our editors will award the best cybersecurity-related caption with a $20 gift card.
Claude ploughs through months of work in rapid time, helps Wiz researchers nab lucrative award
Claude ploughs through months of work in rapid time, helps Wiz researchers nab lucrative award Wiz researchers are set for a tidy payday thanks to their discovery of a high-severity flaw in GitHub's git infrastructure that handed remote attackers full read/write access to private GitHub repositories using a single command.…
Space Force awards 11 firms prototype deals to build orbital interceptors The United States Space Force (USSF) has awarded eleven companies contracts to develop space-based interceptors for President Trump's Golden Dome program, in agreements worth up to $3.2 billion.…
Over one in five winners of IT-Harvest’s 2026 Cyber 150 are AI security companies
Who Knew APT Hackers Liked Emojis So Much?All the nation-state hackers are vibe coding. Vibeware won't win any coding awards. It's not pretty. It doesn't target any zero-day vulnerabilities or known flaws in innovative new ways - but it does allow polyglot malware to be generated at scale.
Gavin Webb orchestrated Operation Cronos as it pulled off the legendary disruption sting A senior British crimefighter has been awarded one of the country's highest tributes for public service for his role in the 2024 LockBit ransomware takedown.…
The Zeroday Cloud hacking competition in London has awarded researchers $320,000 for demonstrating critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in components used in cloud infrastructure. [...]
Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty schemes.…
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition has ended with security researchers collecting $1,024,750 in cash awards after exploiting 73 zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]
On the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, security researchers exploited 34 unique zero-days and collected $522,500 in cash awards. [...]
Microsoft will offer up to $5 million in bounty awards at this year's Zero Day Quest hacking contest, which the company describes as the "largest hacking event in history." [...]
Maintainers struggle to handle growing flow of low-quality bug reports written by bots Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of the open-source curl command line utility, just wants the AI slop to stop.…
'There's A Lot of Confusion Going On'A halt on new contract awards by the federal government’s top procurement agency has thrown vendors into confusion, raising concerns about its ripple effects. White House announcements are "definitely causing confusion" among cybersecurity contractors and officials, an industry analyst said.
On the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, security researchers exploited 16 unique zero-days and collected $382,750 in cash awards. [...]
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative hands out over $1m in awards for Pwn2Own competitors, who found more than 70 zero-day flaws