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I wrote a network security tool (if you can call a glorified shell script that) and it was used by script kiddies to harass people.

It made me feel maybe magicians had something, when they decided some knowledge should be esoteric and earned, given that it was so trivial I never listed it on my CV.

I think infosec, as a field, sometimes darts between too much obscurity and too much openness.

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I remember back in the 90's when the internet was just beginning and script kiddies were constantly sending Back Orifice to people thinking they were "L33T" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Orifice

If I recall BO was also a Trojan, and infected those with malice as well.

In general, the new ML sploit-bots can fuzz and inject faster than any person.

Meh, most issues are from the consumer architecture being deployed in industrial settings. Most modern Intel/AMD PC come with side-channel hardware RATs from the factory. =3

Wizards you mean?

I certainly keep my own "grimoire" of useful code.

What did the script do? I promise I’m just curious and not a script kiddy