Younger Attackers

Not surprisingly, more malware and viruses are being created by children and teenagers. According to an article on PCWorld, an 11-year old Canadian boy was the creator of a piece of malware that was being used to acquire passwords to games. There are easy interfaces being created that allow children and teenagers to learn how to program and engineer these pieces of malware, so of course they're going to take advantage of it. Being so young, they may not have any real malicious intent, but that will be most likely to change as they get older. Children play more and more games that require higher skills, and so they're tempted to try something with a little more "thrill" to impress their friends. Again, we all need to be sure that we are keeping our devices protected from all different types of threats.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027782/malware-also-the-handiwork-of-children-security-firm-finds.html