Samy (XSS)
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Samy[1] was a cross-site scripting virus[2] developed to propagate across the MySpace social-networking site. At the time of release it gained significant media attention.
MySpace filed a lawsuit against the virus creator, Samy Kamkar. He pled guilty, on January 31, 2007, to a felony charge[3]. The action resulted in Kamkar being sentenced to three years probation, 90 days community service and an undisclosed amount of restitution.
The virus carried a payload that would display the string "but most of all, Samy is my hero" on a victim's profile. Within just 20 hours[4] of its October 4, 2005 release, over one million users had run the payload [5], making Samy one of the fastest spreading viruses of all time [6].
Execution of the payload resulted in a "friend request" automatically being made to the author of the virus and in messages containing the payload being left on the profiles of the friends of the victim.
[edit] External links
- Samy Worm Analysis
- An interview with Samy
- Technical explanation of the MySpace worm
- slashdot.org discussion
- Information on Samy Kamkar case
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