And what's really ironic is it's much easier to learn social engineering by reading from a script than it is to program. Programming requires long nights of trial and error, banging you head against the wall. Any telemarketer could perform basic social engineering.
You people think the "security professionals" at the NSA/FBI/DoD write these "scripts"? The script kiddies themselves have created the vast majority of hacking tools. The reason white hats refer to them as script kiddies is because the average 14 year old hacker can program circles around the average security professional. What script kiddies aren't really good at is the "social engineering" part, which is essentially the spy craft. That's why they frequently get caught and the crimes the NSA/FBI/DoD commit go relatively unnoticed.
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And what's really ironic is it's much easier to learn social engineering by reading from a script than it is to program. Programming requires long nights of trial and error, banging you head against the wall. Any telemarketer could perform basic social engineering.
You people think the "security professionals" at the NSA/FBI/DoD write these "scripts"? The script kiddies themselves have created the vast majority of hacking tools. The reason white hats refer to them as script kiddies is because the average 14 year old hacker can program circles around the average security professional. What script kiddies aren't really good at is the "social engineering" part, which is essentially the spy craft. That's why they frequently get caught and the crimes the NSA/FBI/DoD commit go relatively unnoticed.