Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
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Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
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Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#2I wonder, why noone turned off traffic lights or something like that to do mischief?
Also, why no terrorist yet used those security failures to do terror?
Once a random dude managed to log into ISS controls... Ever wondered what happens if some terrorist crash ISS into New York?
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#3I wonder, why noone turned off traffic lights or something like that to do mischief? Also, why no terrorist yet used those security failures to do terror? Once a random dude managed to log into ISS controls... Ever wondered what happens if some terrorist crash ISS into New York?
just because there is an html page being served doesn't mean you can access the control systems.
you're also assuming no one has done it - I have no idea wether or not someone has used shodan for malicious purposes, but that certainly doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#4+1 for the System Shock reference :)
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#5This is incredible! Unfortunately, Shodan itself appears to be down at the moment, presumably due to traffic from CNN. Awesome nonetheless.
Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#6I wonder, why noone turned off traffic lights or something like that to do mischief? Also, why no terrorist yet used those security failures to do terror? Once a random dude managed to log into ISS controls... Ever wondered what happens if some terrorist crash ISS into New York?
No because the ISS would burn up way before it hit the ground.
Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#7I wonder, why noone turned off traffic lights or something like that to do mischief? Also, why no terrorist yet used those security failures to do terror? Once a random dude managed to log into ISS controls... Ever wondered what happens if some terrorist crash ISS into New York?
I don't think you could crash the ISS into New York. I don't even think that's possible. It doesn't have the engines necessary to get back to the surface.
Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#8Eagerly awaiting the moment someone at CNN finds out about Metasploit. I'd like to think of it as a kind of "Dark Firefox".
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#9"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."
How can there be any conceivable reason to connect these systems to the internet? Do they WANT an attack right out of a technothriller novel or the latest James Bond film?
Re: Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet
#10I wonder, why noone turned off traffic lights or something like that to do mischief? Also, why no terrorist yet used those security failures to do terror? Once a random dude managed to log into ISS controls... Ever wondered what happens if some terrorist crash ISS into New York?
No because the ISS would burn up way before it hit the ground.
There would be debris hitting the Earth. It's too big to completely burn I think.