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While the specific technical vulnerabilities exploited in the MySpace breach have not been publicly detailed, it is clear that the attackers were able to bypass MySpace's security measures to access the database containing user information.
Jun 1, 2016 · Myspace has revealed in an official announcement that it was the victim of a major data breach. The incident took place a few years ago and is thought to have affected close to 360 million accounts. Myspace’s technical security team confirmed that information that was being offered on an online forum is genuine. Myspace, which is a Time […]
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]
Aug 24, 2023 · Date: October 2005. Attack: Samy Kamkar, a dedicated security researcher, uncovered a vulnerability on MySpace that enabled him to unleash a self-propagating worm named the “Samy Worm.”. This ...
Dec 4, 2006 · MySpace, owned by News Corp., is estimated to have at least 73 million registered users. The worm works by using a cross-scripting weakness found around two weeks ago in MySpace and a feature ...
Oct 13, 2005 · Google employee Evan Martin even broke down the worm's AJAX code on his personal Web log. "Found in over 90 percent of Web sites, Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities are by far the most common ...
Oct 17, 2005 · The vulnerability leveraged by Samy allows code to be injected into Web sites with the aim of being parsed and/or executed by Web browsers or e-mail clients," said Chasin. According to Chasin ...
