Cyber Security Tips: Hackers Script Kiddies

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What are hackers script kiddies
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• In order to understand the term script kiddies,
  one must first be introduced to the topic of
  hacker ethics. Sounds like a paradox? Well, not
  necessarily.
• There is a great amount of impressiveness in the
  fact that the most known symbols of our time
  the Internet, personal computers, software such
  as Linux have not been developed by big
  corporations or governments, but enthusiasts that
  have merely started working on their grand ideas
  by themselves.
• The hackers' jargon file, composed collectively
  on the Internet, defines hackers as individuals
  who code with enthusiasm and who believe that
  sharing information is a positive good, while
  the ethical duty of the hacker is to share his
  expertise through free software and to enable
  access to information and computer resources
  wherever possible.

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• On the first hacker conference in 1984., in San
  Francisco, Burrell Smith (credited with Apple's
  Macintosh) defined the term with the following
  words
• "Hackers can do almost anything and be a hacker.
  You can be a hacker carpenter. It's not
  necessarily high tech. I think it has to do with
  craftsmanship and caring about what you're
  doing.
• If we look at it that way, computer hackers can
  be considered an excellent example of a greater
  work ethic the hacker ethic while the term
  can adopt a meaning of enthusiastic and
  passionate approach to work.
• Hackers code because it is truly interesting,
  exciting, and fun.

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• Now that we have shed some light on the big topic
  of hacker ethics, it's easier to explain the
  phenomenon of script kiddies. Basically, this is
  a derogatory term used by professional hackers to
  describe individuals that reject the hacker
  ethic. These individuals have no agendas such as
  self-improvement, pursuit of knowledge, skill
  development, and higher motives such as free
  access to all knowledge sources.
• They neglect all the steps and the educational
  process one is required to go through to develop
  hacking skills. They shortcut their way through
  this and teach themselves only the bare minimum
  as quickly as possible.
• One of the biggest contrasts they represent
  compared to the hacker culture is that they are
  known to use scripts and programs that were
  written by other, professional hackers.

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Are they dangerous?

• Unfortunately, very much so. Although they may
  lack in skills and experience, they are able to
  cause as much damage as their more professional
  counterparts.

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What is their motivation?

• We already explained how their work does not
  comply with hacker ethics, so the best assumption
  is that they are doing it for fun, and to be able
  to brag about their computer-savviness.

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