Cryptax Nomination Awards 2025 H2
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Cryptax Nomination Awards. Lol. In other words, I’m listing my favorite talks, papers, challenges (etc) for the second half of 2025. Nothing more than that. Okay?
H2 2025
| Category | Nominated |
|---|---|
| Best security talk | W. Beukema, Trust me, I’m a shortcut: new lnk abuse methods |
| Best malware research paper | T. Letailleur, LinkPro: eBPF rootkit analysis |
| Best AI talk | Pancake, Vibe Reversing, r2con |
| Best hacking paper | N. Seriot, Print to Play, PagedOut e-Zine, page 38 |
| Best new tool for reverse engineering | r2mcp |
| Best not-so-new tool I learned to use during H2 2025 | polybar |
| Best conference food | UYBHYS |
| Best CTF challenge | Xmas Root-Me Challenge Day 03 |
There were many runner-ups: lots of excellent material to digest at r2con or in PagedOut, a technical blog post by NVISO on Frida…