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Hackers We Love

Hackers We Love
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May 28, 2012
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Hackers We Love

Hackers We Love

by Lisa Vaas

Here are our picks of some of the hackers—there are many more—whose work serves as a crucial security warning beacon for enterprises. They conduct their research in the face of threatened lawsuits and publish their results, ofte


Hackers We Love – Dinis Cruz

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Dinis Cruz, an evangelist with OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project), focuses on Microsoft .Net security issues. Other security researchers note th


Hackers We Love – David Litchfield

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David Litchfield, Next-Generation Security Software co-founder, is the database bug hunter extraordinaire. Hes found hundreds of vulnerabilities in products, includin


Hackers We Love – Dave Maynor

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Dave Maynor, CTO and co-founder of Errata Security, together with Jon Johnny Cache Ellch, has shown


Hackers We Love – H.D. Moore

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H.D. Moore, exploit writer and vulnerability researcher, built the open-source Metasploit Framework into a must-use penetration testing tool. His most-noted research als


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Hackers We Love – Joanna Rutkowska

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Joanna Rutkowska is primarily known for her contributions to Windows Vista backdoor installation and hiding techniques.


Hackers We Love – Jeff Williams

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Now chair of the OWASP Foundation as well as CEO of Aspect Security, Jeff Williams has worked on a number of projects at OWASP, including creating the OWASP Top 1


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