Virus Bulletin is seeking nominations for the sixth annual Péter Szőr Award.
The award was inaugurated during the VB2014 conference, in honour of late security researcher and malware expert Péter Szőr, who passed away in November 2013. It is awarded for the
best piece of technical security research
published during the preceding year; for the upcoming award this is between
1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019
.
A shortlist will be drawn up from the nominations received, from which the Virus Bulletin Advisory Board will select the winner. The award will be presented during
VB2019
in London.
In an era where the security news cycle often jumps from one hype to the next, the Péter Szőr Award honours good quality research irrespective of the amount of news it generates. Recent winners have included Yonathan Klijnsma (then
Fox-I
T), Gábor Szappanos (
Sophos
), and
Kaspersky
‘s GReAT team, who won the award in 2018 for their ShadowPad research.
To submit your nominations please use
this form
. If you have any questions about the award, please email
[email protected]
. Nominations close on 25 August 2019.
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