Script kiddie - wikipedia Script kiddie This article is part of a series on Computer Hacking History Phreaking Cryptovirology Hacker ethic Hacker Manifesto Black hat Grey hat White hat Conferences Black Hat Briefings DEF CON Chaos Communication Congress Computer crime Crimeware List of computer criminals Script kiddie Hacking tools Security OS Vulnerability Exploit Payload Practice sites HackThisSite Zone - H Malware Rootkit Backdoor Trojan horse Virus Worm Spyware Botnet Keystroke logging Antivirus software Firewall HIDS Computer security Application security Network security Groups Hacker group Red and Blue Teams In programming and hacking culture, a script kiddie or skiddie is an unskilled individual who uses scripts or programs developed by others to attack computer systems and networks and deface websites. It is generally assumed that script kiddies are juveniles who lack the ability to write sophisticated programs or exploits on their own and that their objective is to try to impress their friends or gain credit in computer - enthusiast communities. However, the term does not relate to the actual age of the participant. The term is generally considered to be pejorative. Contents 1 Characteristics 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links Characteristics In a Carnegie Mellon report prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2005, 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. Script kiddies have at their disposal a large number of effective, easily downloadable programs capable of breaching computers and networks. Such programs have included remote denial - of - service WinNuke, trojans, Back Orifice, NetBus and Sub7 vulnerability scanner / injector kit Metasploit and often software intended for legitimate security auditing. Script kiddies vandalize websites both for the thrill of it and to increase their reputation among their peers. Some more malicious script kiddies have used virus toolkits to create and propagate the Anna Kournikova and Love Bug viruses. 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 recent cases, leave automatic crash reporting turned on. See also Computer security portal Black hat hacker Exploit ( computer security ) Hacker ( computer security ) Lamer List of convicted computer criminals References ^ Jump up to : Leyden, John ( February 21, 2001 ). `` Virus toolkits are s'kiddie menace ''. The Register. ^ Jump up to : Lemos, Robert ( July 12, 2000 ). `` Script kiddies : The Net 's cybergangs ''. ZDNet. Retrieved 2007 - 04 - 24. Jump up ^ Mead, Nancy R. ; Hough, Eric D. ; Stehney, Theodore R. III ( May 16, 2006 ). `` Security Quality Requirements Engineering ( SQUARE ) Methodology CMU / SEI - 2005 - TR - 009 '' ( PDF ). Carnegie Mellon University, DOD. CERT.org. Jump up ^ Klevinsky, T.J. ; Laliberte, Scott ; Gupta, Ajay ( 2002 ). Hack I.T. : security through penetration testing. Addison - Wesley. ISBN 978 - 0 - 201 - 71956 - 7. Jump up ^ Granneman, Scott ( January 28, 2004 ). `` A Visit from the FBI - We come in peace ''. The Register. Jump up ^ Biancuzzi, Federico ( March 27, 2007 ). `` Metasploit 3.0 day ''. SecurityFocus.com. Jump up ^ Rodriguez, Chris ; Martinez, Richard ( September 2, 2012 ). `` The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites : An Ongoing Commitment to Web Application Security '' ( PDF ). Frost & Sullivan. Retrieved November 30, 2013. Jump up ^ Taylor, Josh ( August 26, 2010 ). `` Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their code ''. ZDNet.com.au. Jump up ^ Ms. Smith ( August 28, 2010 ). `` Error Reporting Oops : Microsoft, Meter Maids and Malicious Code ''. Privacy and Security Fanatic. Network World. Further reading Tapeworm ( 2005 ). 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k. Sams Publishing. ISBN 0 - 672 - 32727 - 9. External links Honeynet.org - Know Your Enemy ( Essay about script kiddies ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Script_kiddie&oldid=801336536 '' Categories : Hacking ( computer security ) Computing culture Pejorative terms for people Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Íslenska Italiano Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 02 : 18. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: type of attackers who are sometimes called script-kiddies
Answer: an unskilled individual who uses scripts or programs developed by others to attack computer systems and networks and deface websites