I saw a tweet about: AutoSQLi, the new way script-kiddies hack websites saying:
Oh joy, a new tool for script kiddies
With all the initiatives to address cyber-bullying do you find it strange that no one speaks up for “script kiddies?” (It’s not a term of endearment.)
Learning a new skill, whether SQL injection, phishing, making biscuits or hand loading ammunition, you follow detailed instructions of others. A “script,” “recipe,” etc.
We have been at the “script kiddie” level for one or more skills in our lives.
What do we gain by trashing tools that introduce new skills and hopefully capture the interest of new users?
Nothing. Shaming tools or users is an attempt to gain status by downgrading others.
It doesn’t work for me.
Does it work for you?