Dan Kaminsky
American computer security researcher (1979–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Kaminsky (February 7, 1979 – April 23, 2021) was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security (formerly White Ops), a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the director of penetration testing.[2][3] The New York Times labeled Kaminsky an "Internet security savior" and "a digital Paul Revere".[1]
"Daniel Kaminsky" redirects here. For the actor and singer born David Daniel Kaminsky, see Danny Kaye.
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Born | Daniel Kaminsky (1979-02-07)February 7, 1979 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | April 23, 2021(2021-04-23) (aged 42) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Santa Clara University[1] |
Occupation | Computer security researcher |
Known for | Discovering the 2008 DNS cache poisoning vulnerability |
Website | dankaminsky |
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Kaminsky was known among computer security experts for his work on DNS cache poisoning, for showing that the Sony rootkit had infected at least 568,000 computers,[4] and for his talks at the Black Hat Briefings.[3] On June 16, 2010, he was named by ICANN as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for the DNSSEC root.[5]