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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.
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.
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]
It was announced that Myspace lost 12 years worth of content in a server migration gone wrong. So that meant any songs, photos and videos uploaded to the site between 2003-2015 were straight up ...
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 ]
Known for. Co-founder of Myspace. Thomas Anderson (born November 8, 1970) [1] is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. [2] He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company. [3][4] Anderson is popularly known as " Tom from ...
University of Southern California (MBA, 1997) Occupation. CEO of Jam City. Known for. Co-founder of Myspace. Chris DeWolfe (born 1965 or 1966) [1] is an American technology entrepreneur. He co-founded Myspace in 2003 and was its chief executive officer (CEO) until 2009. DeWolfe has been the CEO of Jam City, a video game developer, since he co ...
August 4: A complete re-write of the Code Red worm, Code Red II begins aggressively spreading onto Microsoft systems, primarily in China. September 18: The Nimda worm is discovered and spreads through a variety of means including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and backdoors left by Code Red II and Sadmind worm.