We are happy to announce that the 2015 Volatility Plugin Contest is now live: http://www.volatilityfoundation.org/#!2015/c1qp0 This contest is modeled after the annual IDA Pro one, and its purpose is to encourage new research in the memory forensics field. Volatility is one of the most popular tools in digital forensics, incident response, and malware analysis, and by submitting to our contest your work will immediately gain visibility through all of these communities. Besides this recognition, we also award the top entries over $2,000 in cash prizes, swag (stickers, t-shirts, etc.), blog entries on our Volatility Labs blog, and an invitation to speak at our memory forensics workshop. The entries of last year's winners can be found here: http://www.volatilityfoundation.org/#!2014/cjpn This contest is a great opportunity to explore the open source Volatility Framework, add visibility to your career, and potentially develop a master's thesis or PhD project. -- Thanks, Andrew (@attrc)