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Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the who-stole-the-spotlight dept.

espera un momento writes "eweek.com picks the five hackers who made a significant impact on security and vulnerability research in 2006. These are some interesting choices of the guys (and gal) who dominated the media headlines. The topics covered included Wi-Fi bugs, browser flaws and rootkits."

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  1. double entendre by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006

    Judging by the frequency with which most self-named Hackers change their undergarments, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot more than five of them that have left a "mark" in the last year, if you know what I mean.

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  2. In the sub-category of "Best Comedy" by netbuzz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let us not overlook the contributions of Lyger and Jericho at attrition.org, who brought us the tale of "The GPA Hack That Wasn't" ... not to mention those squirrel pictures. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9999

  3. Microsoft lost with vista.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    to a girl...
    Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska also used the spotlight of the 2006 Black Hat Briefings to showcase new research into rootkits and stealthy malware. In a standing-room-only presentation, she dismantled the new driver-signing mechanism in Windows Vista to plant a rootkit on the operating system and also introduced the world to "Blue Pill," a virtual machine rootkit that remains "100 percent undetectable," even on Windows Vista x64 systems.
  4. All I know is... by Billosaur · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Joanna Rutkowska is the best looking of the five.

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    1. Re:All I know is... by s7uar7 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Love the +1 Informative moderation :) Is that for people who have are browsing with Lynx?

  5. Re:Hackers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hans Reiser certainly "left a mark", and I guess you could call him a "hacker". But you can't prove it!

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