Samy Kamkar
Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Samy Kamkar
Born: Unknown
Computer-related contributions
- He is a security researcher known for creating the Evercookie (a cookie that "apparently cannot be deleted") and the MySpace XSS worm known as Samy. He also discovered that the Apple iPhone, Google Android, and Microsoft Windows Phone mobile devices transmit GPS and Wi-Fi information to their parent companies.
- He is also the co-founder of Fonality.
Significant publications
- XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense (2007).