samy kamkar samyk

explo(r|it)ing boundaries

GitHub @samykamkar Website

Influence76rank 170

Stars, own repos29.9k43 repos

Stars, 30 daysn/a

Followers11.9kGitHub

Best work

poisontap Exploits locked/password protected computers over USB, drops persistent WebSocket-based backdoor, exposes internal router, and siphons cookies using Raspberry Pi Zero & Node.js. 6.5k stars · JavaScript Source on GitHub

evercookie Produces persistent, respawning "super" cookies in a browser, abusing over a dozen techniques. Its goal is to identify users after they've removed standard cookies and other privacy data such as Flash cookies (LSOs), HTML5 storage, SilverLight storage, and others. 4.7k stars · JavaScript Source on GitHub

magspoof A portable device that can spoof/emulate any magnetic stripe, credit card or hotel card "wirelessly", even on standard magstripe (non-NFC/RFID) readers. It can disable Chip&PIN and predict AMEX card numbers with 100% accuracy. 4.2k stars · C Source on GitHub

Vouched by builders we trust

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Daniel Miessler 🛡️ follows them on GitHub.Creating security lists and AI frameworks for human augmentation.

Karim shoair follows them on GitHub.Web scraping, security, and penetration testing tools.

Mathias Bynens mentions them on X.Web standards and JavaScript tooling at Google.

Timeline

Jun 21, 2026
Busiest day on GitHub this year127 contributions in one day
Oct 31, 2020
Launched slipstream2.0k stars today
Nov 16, 2016
Launched poisontap6.5k stars today
Nov 24, 2015
Launched magspoof4.2k stars today
Aug 10, 2012
Launched pwnat3.9k stars today
Sep 2010
Joined GitHub11.9k followers since
Sep 22, 2010
Launched evercookie4.7k stars today

Works with

Pull requests between them and other people in this index, past year.

Ilya Grigorik samy sent 2 pull requests to igrigorik/videospeed

Comfy Org samy sent 1 pull request to Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager