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Samy (computer worm) Samy (also known as JS.Spacehero) is a cross-site scripting worm ( XSS worm) that was designed to propagate across the social networking site MySpace by Samy Kamkar. Within just 20 hours [1] of its October 4, 2005 release, over one million users had run the payload [2] making Samy the fastest-spreading virus of all time. [3]
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. [2]
Samy Kamkar (born December 10, 1985) [1] is an American privacy and security researcher, computer hacker and entrepreneur. At the age of 16, he dropped out of high school. [2] One year later, he co-founded Fonality, a unified communications company based on open-source software, which raised over $46 million in private funding. [3]
Security guru Leigh-Anne Galloway has discovered that Myspace's account recovery site only validates your real name, user name and birthday. Given that the first two are easily obtainable, you ...
Myspace also confirmed that the hack is being attributed to the Russian cyberhacker who goes by the name “Peace.”. This is the same person responsible for the LinkedIn and Tumblr attacks, too ...
Time Inc. doesn't say how many accounts are affected, but a blog post on LeakedSource-- a site that lets users check whether their email or social media accounts have been compromised -- suggests ...
The travels and trash talk of Myspace Tom. It was 2009 and things weren't looking good for Myspace. According to comScore, Facebook logged 307.1 million visitors globally that April, while Myspace ...
Arguing that the company pioneered the social media revolution, DeWolfe – who is now the founder and CEO of the online gaming network Mindjolt – clearly has learned much from his turbulent ...