The most popular hacker on YouTuBe

Samy Kamkar on YouTube created a series of videos called Applied Hacking, updating frequently when almost one more week, his family has more than fifty thousand video subscribers, it has also become a three-year-old program that works on behalf of the Apes .

Samy Kamkar on YouTube will give you tips to impart some geeks. Say that curiosity killed the cat, but for Samy Kamkar terms are different: some items at home as long as Samy Kamkar aroused curiosity, are able to escape his "clutches", he would take advantage of these things play their geek spirit make some "black technology",

Break open any Master Combo Lock in 8 tries or less!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09UgmwtL12c



Combo Breaker - motorized combo lock cracking device

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcpSvHpbHQ4


USBdriveby - exploiting USB in style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSLEq7-hlmo


SkyJack - autonomous drone hacking w / Raspberry Pi, aircrack & Javascript


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHKV01YQX_w


OwnStar - hacking cars with OnStar to locate, unlock and remote start vehicles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3olXUbS-prU


10 year-old will open the door to hackers

Famous hackers, WhiteHatSecurity JeremiahGrossman founder, said: "Because of the coolest constantly engaged in research work, Samy has become the world's most famous figures, although not the only one." In addition to a large number of research results, there is a reason Let Samy fame, it is his demo video on YouTube affect a large number of products. In fact, most people do not know that their devices can be hacked, but these videos so that they understand the true face.

Kamkar first contact with the initiation of the idea of ​​the hacker world, after he became the victim, which is the first time in his life when the Internet. As a 10-year-old boy, and his mother had each other, live in Pittsburgh. Mother working two jobs a day, in order to let him feel lonely summer, his mother bought him a Windows 95 device. He started the Internet, accidentally discovered an IRC chat room, but the attendant was a stranger to inform the chat room to get out of here. He did not leave the chat room, followed by the computer blue screen, crash, in desperation he unplug the computer's power.

"This computer ran out of my mom all the savings, so I think that in 18 years will be shut before I could incarcerated. Though it was a blank mind, but I still think this case what I can do, so I entered a 'miracle' of the world. "
Soon after he began to browse hacker forums, write some Counterstrike (Game name: Counter-Strike) cheating program, reverse engineering of the game code. San Diego a game company executives noticed him and invited him into the post of work. Kamkar dropped out of school at the age of 16, and moved into his own apartment, the mother of unemployment in that period of time, that he supports the livelihood of their families economically. He forged work permits and entry letter, said his mother had agreed to work in a domain hosting company and live in their own apartment. 17 years old, he was a co-founder of VoIP founded his own company, called Fonality, so far there are more than 200 employees.

International fame when it is in jail of

19 years old, Kamkar hackers session has "wind bird", he discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability on the Myspace page and inject their own text information in the site. One night, he used to spread the bug called Samy worm virus, the virus will force each user visit his Myspace homepage add him as a friend, and show in their own home "Samy is my hero." The ability of the virus beyond the Kamkar own expectations, between a day, he added one million new friends. But this behavior is illegal, after all, and soon there are people to patronize the Secret Service to his home. Kamkar pleaded guilty to computer fraud, are not allowed to use the computer within sentenced to three years.

During this time the banned nets, Kamkar life and health are indeed a lot of thought, is not that young people addicted to the network. He persists in Fonality's position, but according to his application for a part of probation conditions, can only use a computer company specially equipped for him could not connect to the network. Leisure time, he began to go to bars, go make some friends nontechnical. "Because they can not use the computer, I started to get out, go make more friends, which is very good for my social life."

After his release: all good deeds

Banned nets in recent years, Kamkar re-planning their work: focus on the things that concern ordinary people, rather than to use high technology to make fellow hackers memories.

"I often wondered, how can I better show something security-related information to my friend (or even completely non-technical friends), and attract their attention?"
After the Samy worm incident, Kamkar return to the first hacker community is the code works published in 2010, called evercookie of. It can track a user's browser to store the cookie, then stored in a computer secretive location, so that they want to completely delete it becomes extremely difficult. Recently, he cracked the hardware had a strong interest. Everyday life equipment that we use basically have loopholes, and most have not been repaired, with basic Arduino and radio technology can be successfully utilized. Such as control garage doors and cars. "I often observe their personal belongings there are no tests, and the invasion of my friends or my mother is more interesting things. I am concerned that things are easier to get, and there are a lot of things for my use."

At the end of the forbidden network, Kamkar his security research and work area separated. If he found a product vulnerabilities, he will go to remind them of their company, but in addition to that advertising revenue on YouTube, he will not use his hacking for profit. He even refused a job as a security consultant for fear conflicts with their interests.

On the contrary, the amount of YouTube 330 million hits made him rich and famous, but he is also very fond of this solution can touch the daily life problems. "When you unlock the car, but others can not, this feels like he is a superman."