Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

Script Kiddies and Advanced Blackhats

In general, there are two types of attackers: the kind who want to compromise as many systems as possible and the kind who want to compromise a specific system or systems of high value. It does not matter if these threats are coming from the outside, such as the Internet, or from the inside, such as a disgruntled employee. Most threats tend to fall into one of these two categories.

The first type doesn't care if the computer belongs to a major organization or the average homeowner. His goal is to hack as many systems as possible with as little effort as possible. These attackers focus on targets of opportunity—the easy kill. Often they are called script kiddies, since they usually depend on scripted attacks. ...