A year ago, Microsoft announced the BlueHat Prize and challenged the security community to think outside the box. The three finalists are Jared DeMott, Ivan Fratric and Vasilis Pappas. On Thursday, July 26, 2012, Microsoft will announce the winner at its Black Hat Researcher Appreciation Party. Microsoft has also released its annual Microsoft Security Response Center Progress Report [PDF] The report provides overviews, statistics and a behind-the-scenes look into the work of the MSRC team throughout the past year.”]