What Exactly Is A Script Kiddie?
(Page 2 of 6 ) Hackers seem to have gained a fairly respectful reputation in society these days, mainly due to glorification by the media. This article is not about the true hackers, but about their “wannabe counterparts” – the Script Kiddies. A Script Kiddie is someone who is “socially challenged” and has very little respect for the privacy of others. They utilise freely available software, which is easy to use, to scan networks in the hope of finding a computer that is compromised enough to allow them to have some fun. Fun includes crashing your machine, opening the CD-ROM tray, controlling your mouse, stealing your files or other “really cool” activities such as stealing your PWD (password) file for cracking later on. Script Kiddies gain this type of control through utilising Trojan programs that have been installed on your computer by other means (usually by executing unscanned infected email attachments or software downloads). The Trojan broadcasts it’s presence to the world, so a
