Samy (XSS)

Samy (XSS)

Samy (also known as JS.Spacehero)cite web|url=http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/jsspaceheroa.html|title=JS/Spacehero-A, Sophos threat analysis|publisher=Sophos] was an XSS Worm developed to propagate across the MySpace social-networking site. At the time of release it gained significant media attention. Portal|Computer security|Portal.svg

MySpace filed a lawsuit against the virus creator, Samy Kamkar. He entered a plea agreement, on January 31, 2007, to a felony charge. [cite web|publisher=Techspot.com|title=MySpace speaks about Samy Kamkar's sentencing|first=Justin|date=2007-01-31|last=Mann|url=http://www.techspot.com/news/24226-myspace-speaks-about-samy-kamkars-sentencing.html] 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. When a user viewed that profile, they would have the payload planted on their page. Within just 20 hours [ [http://namb.la/popular/tech.html MySpace Worm Explanation ] ] of its October 4, 2005 release, over one million users had run the payload, [cite web|url=http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/10/14/126233.shtml?tid=172&tid=95&tid=220|publisher=Slashdot|title=Cross-Site Scripting Worm Floods MySpace] making Samy one of the fastest spreading viruses of all time. [http://net-security.org/dl/articles/WHXSSThreats.pdf]

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.

References

External links

* [http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070319/samy-worm-analysis/ Samy Worm Analysis]
* [http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-10-14-n81.html An interview with Samy]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060208182348/namb.la/popular/tech.html Technical explanation of the MySpace worm]
* [http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/10/14/126233.shtml?tid=172&tid=95&tid=220 slashdot.org discussion]
* [http://www.scmagazine.com.au/news/45262,myspace-superworm-creator-sentenced-to-probation-community-service.aspx Information on Samy Kamkar case]


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