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 ...

Digital security research Samy Kamkar has been on a car-hacking kick lately. Last week, he revealed a homebuilt device that can intercept signals from the OnStar smartphone app to track, unlock, and ...

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With just two radios, a microcontroller and a battery, all purchasable over eBay for less than $50, independent researcher Samy Kamkar has created something wonderfully villainous. His so-called ...

Careful what you leave in your lockers, high school students and gym-goers. An invasion of 3-D–printed robots may be coming, capable of popping one of the world’s most ubiquitous brands of combination ...

Samy Kamkar, the white hat hacker who discovered a security hole in GM’s OnStar app a couple of weeks ago that he could use to remotely track, unlock and start practically any car using the system, ...

Samy Kamkar is in a dark room in Bally’s Casino in Las Vegas; the room is lit by blue lights and the glow of laptop screens. A DJ is spinning lyric-less music while hackers sit at round tables ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When 27-year-old Samy Kamkar—a security researcher who famously made one million ...

Hardware hacker and security researcher Samy Kamkar has released a slick new device that masquerades as a typical USB wall charger but in fact houses a keylogger capable of recording keystrokes from ...

A device built by legendary hacker Samy Kamkar calls into question the security of payment cards as the U.S. continues to grapples with card fraud. Kamkar’s device, nicknamed MagSpoof, is about the ...

A new project by a well-known hacker Samy Kamkar may give control of some drones to anyone with $400 and an hour of free time. UPDATE–The skies may soon be full of drones–some run by law enforcement ...