Most of Samy’s talk is devoted to explaining the nature of side-channel attacks, which he defines as “information you’re gathering from an implementation rather than the algorithm or system itself.” I ...

In 2005, 19-year-old Samy Kamkar unleashed a computer virus that infected 1 million MySpace users in 20 hours, making it one of the fastest-spreading computer viruses ever and forcing the social ...

When he was a poor, chubby boy growing up on the South Side of Chicago, his Cuban immigrant father gave him pocket change to buy baseball cards. Instead, Samy Suarez spent the money on his collection ...

Beauty guru Samy Suárez, known as the Stylist to the Stars has suffered a stroke. On Tuesday, Univisión’s morning show Despierta América announced that the famous stylist is already in the ...

Samy Kamkar has an incredible arsenal of self-taught skills that have grown into a remarkable career as a security researcher. He dropped out of high school to found a company based on Open Source ...

Intermate generates nearly 100% of its revenue in Germany Samy is a social media marketing company based in Madrid Bridgepoint became Samy’s majority shareholder in 2025 Bridgepoint portfolio company ...

IDGNS: What were you thinking when you wrote the Samy worm? Kamkar: When I wrote the worm, it initially wasn’t a worm. Initially I was just trying to spruce up my MySpace profile. I also wanted to ...

The newly discovered Samy worm is the first to exploit a cross site scripting vulnerability, prompting security experts to fear the technique could be used to open a new front in the war against ...

The newly discovered Samy worm is one of the first to exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a technique security experts fear could be used to open a new front in attacks. Samy is a ...

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One of the only remaining camera shops in San Francisco closed Tuesday with almost no warning to the public. Samy’s Camera, a photo and video store that specialized in equipment sales and rentals, had ...