A script kiddie, skript kiddie, skiddie, kiddie, or skid is an unskilled individual who uses scripts or programs developed by others, primarily for malicious purposes.
In a Carnegie Mellon report prepared for the U.K. Department of Defense in 2000, script kiddies are defined as
The more immature but unfortunately often just as dangerous exploiter of security lapses on the Internet. The typical script kiddy uses existing and frequently well known and easy-to-find techniques and programs or scripts to search for and exploit weaknesses in other computers on the Internet—often randomly and with little regard or perhaps even understanding of the potentially harmful consequences.[1]
Script kiddies typically have at least one or more effective and easily downloadable programs capable of breaching computers and networks.[2]
Script kiddies vandalize websites both for the thrill of it and to increase their reputation among their peers.[2] Some more malicious script kiddies have used virus toolkits to create and propagate the Anna Kournikova and Love Bug viruses.[3] Script kiddies lack, or are only developing, programming skills sufficient to understand the effects and side effects of their actions. As a result, they leave significant traces which lead to their detection, or directly attack companies which have detection and countermeasures already in place, or in some cases, leave automatic crash reporting turned on.[4][5]
^ abLemos, Robert (July 12, 2000). "Script kiddies: The Net's cybergangs". ZDNet. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
^Leyden, John (February 21, 2001). "Virus toolkits are s'kiddie menace". The Register.
^Taylor, Josh (August 26, 2010). . ZDNet.com.au. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012.
^Ms. Smith (August 28, 2010). "Error Reporting Oops: Microsoft, Meter Maids and Malicious Code". Privacy and Security Fanatic. Network World.
Further readingedit
Samuel Chng, Han Yu Lu, Ayush Kumar, David Yau (Mar 2022). "Hacker types, motivations and strategies: A comprehensive framework". Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 5. ISSN 2451-9588. Retrieved 27 Jan 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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