Keylogger Authors Manage To Infect Themselves 16 Different Times

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.

Skids?

[gstoddart]

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

Keep is classy, guys. Keep it classy.

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[gstoddart]

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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[Sax Russell 5449D29A]

Skid reborn as a reference to script kiddie?

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[gstoddart]

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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[Anonymous Coward]

It's like talking to my cousin... every time he speaks, I need to consult urbandictionary.com to figure out what the fuck he said

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[Darinbob]

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

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[gstoddart]

Look everybody! It's mister "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS LOL BUT I'M GOING TO POST AND BITCH ANYWAYS, THUS SHOWING EVERYONE I REALLY DO CARE"!

Bah, I just need something to do between Matlock and Judge Judy.

Go on with your fancy hipster slang, honey badger don't care.

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[Nyder]

Flamebait? Really?

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

We called them scum rockers.

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[OakDragon]

... It's like comparing the Star Trek IV punk to a symphony orchestra...

Who is the Star Trek IV punk?

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[deathlyslow]

Not a who a what. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]

Re:"skids"?

[KingRatMass]

skids = script kiddies.

Next year they will just be s

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[ausekilis]

Thanks for clarifying... I was thinking it was a new shorthand for "skidmarks". Though I suppose hackers could be using that phrase too....

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[MobileTatsu-NJG]

I had a friend we nicknamed 'Skids', he wasn't a script kiddie. Although he did spend a lot of time at his computer...

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[houstonbofh]

Sure it is. In the "Arts & Entertainment" section. :) I was amused...

Relevant Google dork

[ShaunC]

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

A think of beauty and a joy forever...

[Mike Van Pelt]

... when miscreants fall into the pit they dug themselves. This brings joy to my heart like terrorists blowing only themselves up when they botch bomb manufacture, only with less flying body parts.