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The New Face of Script Kiddiez

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the some-of-them-are-actually-quite-old dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog has an interesting post profiling the activities of a kid named Witlog who controls a botnet of roughly 30,000 hacked Windows PCs. Even after the authorities manage to shut down the network Witlog uses to control his bots, he pops up somewhere else. From the article: 'Witlog may in fact be the product of a new generation of script kiddiez; the chief distinguishing feature of this generation being that instead of using Web site flaws to deface as many Web sites as possible, these guys are breaking into thousands of home and work PCs and taking them for a virtual joyride, often times all the way to the bank.'"

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  1. Could be helpful by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...these guys are breaking into thousands of home and work PCs and taking them for a virtual joyride, often times all the way to the bank.

    Great! Maybe he can reconcile my account balance while he's there.

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    This guy's the limit!
    1. Re:Could be helpful by KylePflug · · Score: 5, Funny

      Awesome! Zero is a step in the right direction!

  2. the only feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    that should be distinctive on this "new face" is that it's either:

    * Bruised and bloodied from the clue by four that's been applied; or

    * mouth wide open screaming as his cell mate takes a new "wife."

  3. Re:New Face by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or some other place where the laws of the U.S. are not particularly respected.

    I don't even know where to begin with a comment like that... : /

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    This guy's the limit!
  4. New genre of script kiddie by this+great+guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Would seem to imply a new genre of script kiddie, such as old people doing it,

    Like Script Daddiez.