The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google

mallyn writes "This is an article about a search engine that is designed to look for devices on the net that are not really intended to be viewed and used by the general public. Devices include pool filters, skating rink cooling system, and other goodies. 'Shodan runs 24/7 and collects information on about 500 million connected devices and services each month. It's stunning what can be found with a simple search on Shodan. Countless traffic lights, security cameras, home automation devices and heating systems are connected to the Internet and easy to spot. Shodan searchers have found control systems for a water park, a gas station, a hotel wine cooler and a crematorium. Cybersecurity researchers have even located command and control systems for nuclear power plants and a particle-accelerating cyclotron by using Shodan. ... A quick search for "default password" reveals countless printers, servers and system control devices that use "admin" as their user name and "1234" as their password. Many more connected systems require no credentials at all — all you need is a Web browser to connect to them.'"

Comments

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[Anonymous Coward]

L-L-Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors.

Re:dangerous?

[The MAZZTer]

Dihydrogen Monoxide is no laughing matter.

Re:astounding that defaults are not tougher

[Em Adespoton]

I mean, how hard is it to ship new devices with something tougher than admin and 1234?

they should at least change the account name from "admin" to "luggage"....

Re:astounding that defaults are not tougher

[jeffmeden]

I mean, how hard is it to ship new devices with something tougher than admin and 1234?

We tried using "12345" as the default but that turned out to be a bad idea, too.

Re:dangerous?

[swb]

Dinitrous Monoxide however is quite a laughing matter.

This is why my toilet is disconnected from the net

[GrueMaster]

Don't need any nefarious remote flushing going on.

Re:Dangerous? Hah

[Anonymous Coward]

Any specific ones? I'm not trying to sabotage a water park or anything, just curious...

Re:Even scarier

[Hillgiant]

Which begs the question: Why are our prisons accessible from the internet in the first place?

maybe it's TROUT. ?

[Thud457]

This is Kevin Flynn, can somebody please run the TROFF subroutine on the particle accelerator in lab EC4328 on the fourth floor ? That'd be a big help. thx