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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]
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]
Koobface. Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. [1] [2] [3] This worm originally targeted users of networking websites like Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail. It also targets other networking websites, such as MySpace, Twitter, [4] and ...
Early life. Anderson's father was an entrepreneur. As a teenager at San Pasqual High in Escondido, California, Anderson was a computer hacker under the pseudonym "Lord Flathead" (friends with Bill Landreth), and prompted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raid after he hacked into a computer system at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Amanda Hack is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire since 2024. She was first elected in the 2024 general election. She grew up in Lincolnshire, moving to Leicester to read business at De Montfort University.
The social networking service Myspace was among the most popular web sites in the 2000s decade. It has faced criticism on a variety of fronts, including for a massive redesign of the site in 2012 which occurred after the majority of original users had abandoned the website, misuse of the platform for cyber-bullying and harassment, risks for users' privacy, and major data losses.
He started publishing some code on May 28, 2021. Branding. The name "Have I Been Pwned?" is based on the script kiddie jargon term "pwn", which means "to compromise or take control, specifically of another computer or application". HIBP's logo includes the text ';--, which is a common SQL injection attack string. A hacker trying to take control ...
The .hack franchise has always been a series we've wanted to like: CyberConnect 2's transmedia story combines an edgy, inspired style with a unique premise filled with intrigue. However, the ...