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In a [[Carnegie Mellon]] report prepared for the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] in 2005, script kiddies are defined as <blockquote>The more immature but unfortunately often just as dangerous exploiter of security lapses on the Internet. The typical script kiddy uses existing and frequently well known and easy-to-find techniques and programs or scripts to search for and exploit weaknesses in other computers on the Internet—often randomly and with little regard or perhaps even understanding of the potentially harmful consequences.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mead, Nancy R. |author2=Hough, Eric D. |author3=Stehney, Theodore R. III |date=May 16, 2006 |url=http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/05tr009.pdf |title=Security Quality Requirements Engineering (SQUARE) Methodology CMU/SEI-2005-TR-009 |format=PDF |work=Carnegie Mellon University, DOD |publisher=CERT.org}}</ref></blockquote>

Script kiddies have at their disposal a large number of effective, easily downloadable programs capable of breaching computers and networks.<ref name="zdnet">{{cite web| last=Lemos| first=Robert| date=July 12, 2000 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/script-kiddies-the-nets-cybergangs-3002080125/ <!--http://www.zdnet.com/news/script-kiddies-the-nets-cybergangs/96163-->| publisher=[[ZDNet]]| title=Script kiddies: The Net's cybergangs| accessdate=2007-04-24}}</ref> Such programs have included remote denial-of-service [[WinNuke]],<ref>{{cite book |author1=Klevinsky, T. J. |author2=Laliberte, Scott |author3=Gupta, Ajay |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31Kis_vaadwC&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Hack I.T.: security through penetration testing| publisher=[[Addison-Wesley]] |isbn=978-0-201-71956-7}}</ref> [[Trojan horse (computing)|trojan]]s, [[Back Orifice]], [[NetBus]], and [[Sub7]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Granneman, Scott |date=January 28, 2004 | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/28/a_visit_from_the_fbi/ |title=A Visit from the FBI - We come in peace |publisher=[[The Register]]}}</ref> and ProRat, vulnerability scanner/injector kit [[Metasploit]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Biancuzzi, Federico |date=March 27, 2007 |url=http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/439 |title=Metasploit 3.0 day |publisher=SecurityFocus.com}}</ref> and often software intended for legitimate security auditing.<ref name="Rodriguez">{{Cite web |url=https://www.htbridge.com/publication/the_growing_hacking_threat_to_websites.pdf |title=The Growing Hacking Threat to Websites: An Ongoing Commitment to Web Application Security |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Chris |last2=Martinez |first2=Richard |publisher=Frost & Sullivan |date=September 2, 2012<!--see pdf--> |accessdate=November 30, 2013}}</ref>

Script kiddies vandalize websites both for the thrill of it and to increase their reputation among their peers.<ref name="zdnet"/> Some more malicious script kiddies have used virus toolkits to create and propagate the [[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova]] and [[ILOVEYOU|Love Bug]] viruses.<ref name="Reg01">{{cite web|author=Leyden, John|date=February 21, 2001|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/21/virus_toolkits_are_skiddie_menace/|title=Virus toolkits are s'kiddie menace |publisher=[[The Register]]}}</ref>