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Top 10 coolest/suckest hacking moments of 2008

By Jim Duffy on Thu, 12/11/08 - 2:36pm.

Jimmy Ray Purser is a hacker, a field engineer for Cisco and a Cisco Subnet blogger. He's compiled a list of 10 coolest hacking moments in 2008, which include Apple quietly recommending antivirus software for Macs (hey, consider that a compliment that hackers are taking notice), the cracking of WPA, and drive-by attacks with Java. What moments are on your list?

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