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Script Kiddies

Script Kiddies. By Steve Otto. What are script kiddies?. Hacker – Slang name given to someone extremely knowledgeable about computers. Pejorative in some circles – but not here. Cracker – A malicious hacker that is only interested in breaking security to cause damage or for personal gain.

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Script Kiddies

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  1. Script Kiddies By Steve Otto

  2. What are script kiddies? • Hacker – Slang name given to someone extremely knowledgeable about computers. Pejorative in some circles – but not here. • Cracker – A malicious hacker that is only interested in breaking security to cause damage or for personal gain.

  3. Script Kiddies – Derogatory term used to describe hackers who use programs written by other people without understanding the technical details. • Script Kiddies are often more concerned with the quantity of the systems broken into not the quality or difficulty of the system or security cracked. • Script Kiddies often cause more damage to systems because they may accidentally delete or corrupt files.

  4. The Magic of Search Engines. • Some of the more powerful search engines. • About http://about.com • AltaVista http://www.altavista .com • Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com • Ditto http://www.ditto.com • Google http://www.google.com • HotBot http://www.hotbot.com • LookSmart http://www.looksmart.com • WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com • Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com

  5. Popular meta – search engines • All – In – One Search Page • http://www.allonesearch.com • DogPile • http://www.dogpile.com • MetaCrawler • http://www.metacrawler.com • SavvySearch • http://www.savvysearch.com

  6. Specialized search engines • Avatar Search • http://www.avatarsearch.com • Disinformation • http://www.disinfo.com • Federal Web Locator • http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl • GovSearch • http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/govbot .html

  7. Where the Hackers Are. • Hacker Web Sites • AntiOnline • http://www.antionline.com • Attrition.org • http://www.attrition.org • Cult of the Dead Cow • http://www.cultdeadcow.com • Hackers.com • http://www.hackers.com • L0pht Industries • http://www.l0pht.com - note that the second character in the domain is a zero, not the letter o.

  8. New Order • http://neworder.box.sk

  9. Hacker Magazines • 2600 • Computer Underground Digest • Crypt Newsletter • Phrack • Private Line9

  10. Hacker Search Engines • AntiSearch • http://www.antisearch.com • AstalaVista • http://astalavista.box.sk • Cyberarmy HakSearch • http://www.cyberarmy.com.search • Security Search • http://www.securitysearch.net • Warez Review • http://www.warezreview.net

  11. The Tools of the Script Kiddies. • AOHell • BO2K – Back Orifice • Crack Whore • Death ‘n Destruction • Donald Dick • ICQ War 2000 • John the Ripper

  12. NetBus • Nmap • Senna Spy Internet Worm Generator 2000 • SubSeven • TakeAdvantage • ToneLoc • UpYours • VBS Worm Generator • Virus Creation Laboratory (VCL)

  13. Remember: There are always new freeware, shareware, and demo/trial ware programs out there for your use. All you have to do is look for them.

  14. Bibliography • Wang, Wallace; Steal This Computer Book 2. • Mitnick, Kevin D; The Art of Deception. • McClure , Stuart; Hacking Exposed Third Edition. • Bates, Regis J & Donald W. Gregory; Voice & Data Communications Handbook Third Edition.

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