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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Shodan Search Engine Project Enumerates
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Thu Jan 10 16:51:57 2013
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Shodan Search Engine Project Enumerates Internet-Facing Critical
Infrastructure Devices
http://j.mp/U8FDxb (Threatpost)
Radvanovsky and Brodsky said they built a suite of scripts that
includes 600 search terms for equipment built and managed by close
to seven dozen manufacturers of SCADA equipment and support
systems for SCADA. The pair found not only devices used for
critical infrastructure such as energy, water and other utilities,
but also SCADA devices for HVAC systems, building automation
control systems, large mining trucks, traffic control systems,
red-light cameras and even crematoriums. They initially approached
DHS with a list of close to 500,000 devices; DHS helped pare the
list down to search terms for 50 critical systems it believed were
relevant. That eventually shrunk the list of devices to 7,200.
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SCADA security is one of the real areas of concern, unlike many of the
trumped-up scare tactics that the cyberfear-security complex pushes.
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