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Keylogger Authors Manage To Infect Themselves 16 Different Times

Posted by timothy on from the ok-but-let's-not-ever-say-skids-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Last summer someone created and dumped the source code of a keylogger called KeyBase. Since then, hackers have been churning out their own versions, but as you'd expect, skids would play with it too. Palo Alto researchers found the (unprotected) Web panels of some of these keyloggers, and discovered screenshots of the hackers' computers. Some of them even had dating pics.

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  1. Skids? by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Insightful

    LOL, really? Skids? What is this, middle school?

    Keep is classy, guys. Keep it classy.

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    1. Re:Skids? by gstoddart · · Score: 2

      Flamebait? Really?

      In middle school skids is what we called the stoners and burnouts who weren't going anywhere in life.

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    2. Re:Skids? by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's short for "script kiddies". What are you even doing here?

      Mostly telling whiny punks like you to get off my lawn.

      I don't keep tabs on what the hep-cats are calling script kiddies, because I don't give a damn.

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    3. Re:Skids? by Darinbob · · Score: 2

      Right on, daddy-o. Tell 'em to stop bumping their gums.

  2. Re:"skids"? by KingRatMass · · Score: 4, Informative
    skids = script kiddies.

    Next year they will just be s

  3. Relevant Google dork by ShaunC · · Score: 2

    Is "Google dork" still a term? Anyway, here's a search that pertains to the second article, there are a few still out there.

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