Submission + - Myspace wins lawsuit against Samy
An anonymous reader writes: Myspace won a case against the guy who spread the Samy virus last year.
Submission + - MySpace Virus author "Sammy" Pleads Guilty
Mantrid42 writes: "Last year, Samy Kamkar unleashed a cross-site scripting worm onto MySpace dubbed the "sammy virus". This attack did no more than cause every infected user to automatically add Kamkar to their friends list, and at the end of the "Heroes" section of their profile, tacked on "but most of all, Samy is my hero". Today, MySpace won a suit against Kamkar.
From the article:
Kamkar, using a programming technique known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML(AJAX) that permitted browsers to execute malicious code, was able to circumvent MySpaces strong JavaScript filters.
MySpace filed a lawsuit against Kamkar, one of a slew of civil actions the company is taking against criminals who exploit the sites tens of millions of users.
"MySpace is committed to protecting our community from any abusive misuse of the site," the company said in the statement.
Kamkar is reportedly banned from accessing the internet for personal reasons for an unspecified amount of time. Doesn't it sound like MySpace is coming down a little hard on someone who did no more than expose a security hole, and have a little harmless fun?"
From the article:
Kamkar, using a programming technique known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML(AJAX) that permitted browsers to execute malicious code, was able to circumvent MySpaces strong JavaScript filters.
MySpace filed a lawsuit against Kamkar, one of a slew of civil actions the company is taking against criminals who exploit the sites tens of millions of users.
"MySpace is committed to protecting our community from any abusive misuse of the site," the company said in the statement.
Kamkar is reportedly banned from accessing the internet for personal reasons for an unspecified amount of time. Doesn't it sound like MySpace is coming down a little hard on someone who did no more than expose a security hole, and have a little harmless fun?"
