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1190:Dirty COW
1104:disclosed
1102:publicly
940:NSO Group
870:Cozy Bear
810:PayPal 14
753:Anonymous
627:SHAttered
371:DigiNotar
141:Operation
134:Rombertik
45:that are
1711:Titanium
1654:XafeCopy
1649:WannaCry
1578:KeRanger
1506:Duqu 2.0
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1310:BlueKeep
1286:SigSpoof
1244:Meltdown
1160:WinShock
1142:Rootpipe
1043:Guccifer
965:Pranknet
960:PLATINUM
934:AndAriel
845:Advanced
800:NullCrew
785:LulzRaft
685:Trustico
298:Timeline
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1746:Spyware
1608:X-Agent
1598:Pegasus
1481:Brambul
1444:Shamoon
1388:Kelihos
1378:Alureon
1357:Stuxnet
1327:Malware
1280:TLBleed
1262:Exactis
1250:Spectre
1184:Badlock
1118:iSeeYou
1083:Topiary
815:RedHack
805:OurMine
790:LulzSec
95:scholar
59:deleted
1691:Joanap
1644:Triton
1583:Necurs
1573:Jigsaw
1568:Hitler
1537:Dridex
1496:Careto
1419:Dexter
1352:SpyEye
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1166:JASBUG
1162:(2014)
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1138:(2014)
1136:POODLE
1132:(2014)
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1078:Track2
1000:xDedic
830:UGNazi
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51:merged
1706:Tinba
1593:Mirai
1521:Regin
1434:Mahdi
1429:Flame
1414:Carna
1398:Stars
1316:Kr00k
1256:EFAIL
1226:KRACK
1178:DROWN
303:2020s
293:2000s
102:JSTOR
88:books
57:, or
1701:R2D2
1686:Grum
1679:2019
1663:2018
1629:Kirk
1617:2017
1588:MEMZ
1561:2016
1530:2015
1474:2014
1453:2013
1407:2012
1383:Duqu
1366:2011
1335:2010
1073:Sabu
825:TDO
770:GNAA
704:2019
678:2018
620:2017
554:2016
513:2015
467:2014
431:2013
405:2012
359:2011
322:2010
225:2015
74:news
1424:FBI
1068:MLT
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