COMMENTARY--Last month I got an e-mail from a 19-year-old San Francisco Bay Area youth who objected to my frequent use of the term "script kiddie." He felt I was picking on young people as a group, ...

It's easy to set up a cybercriminal operation these days. But not all crooks are cut out for this game, some ending up not just infecting their own computers but also leaving identifying evidence on ...

Just days after bitcoin (BTC) crossed the $17,000 price threshold for the first time in weeks, the largest cryptocurrency by market value has now breached the wall of $18K. The question now is whether ...

The two hackers--who go under the tags dryice and frixion--were both named by Caffrey during his defense at Southwark Crown Court in London earlier this month. They were put up as the possible ...

The tools used by security researchers, penetration testers, and “red teams” often spark controversy because they package together, and automate, attacks to a degree that make some uncomfortable—and ...

A group calling itself “The Script Kiddies” hacked USA Today’s Twitter account this weekend and used it to solicit requests for future targets and even to promote its own Facebook page. Although this ...

Richard Bejtlich of TaoSecurity decried the tool on Twitter, saying, "There is no need to release this. The tie to Shodan puts it over the edge. There is no legitimate reason to put mass exploitation ...

Most students who get involved in hacking-related cyber crimes fall under the category of ‘script kiddies,’ according to ethical hackers associated with Cyberdome, which acts as cyber-space watchdog ...

Tension: Inexperienced hackers crave shortcuts to power, yet the very tools that promise a shortcut often flip and claim the hackers as victims. Noise: Forums and ...

I'm not sure if, in the darkest parts of the internet, there is a competitive hacking league, but if there is, I doubt it's anything like developer Austin Dixon's Script Kiddies. It's a server hacking ...