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Samy (also known as JS.Spacehero) is a cross-site scripting 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] The message on a victim's profile
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 ]
Within a matter of months, Facebook took Myspace’s title as the biggest social network in the world. In Facebook’s early years, Myspace actually had the opportunity to buy Facebook for $75 ...
In 2005, Kamkar released the Samy worm, the first publicly released self-propagating cross-site scripting worm, onto MySpace. [10] The worm carried a payload that would display the string "but most of all, Samy is my hero" on a victim's profile and cause the victim to unknowingly send a friend request to Kamkar.
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.
Discussion forums, sharing photos, links to cultural events in particular cities, the sale of property and job searches. Heello: Microblogging Hello: Highlight: Hive: Hospitality Club: Hospex: Houseparty: Video chatting: Hyves: Social (Dutch) ICQ: IdeaPlane: Itsmy: Mobile community for blogging, friends, and personal TV-shows iTunes Ping [3 ...
Anderson's father was an entrepreneur. [5] 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.
The site also makes it easier for Facebook to differentiate between accounts that have been caught up in a botnet and those that legitimately access Facebook through Tor. [6] As of its 2014 release, the site was still in early stages, with much work remaining to polish the code for Tor access.