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Defcon 20 - Dan Tentler - Drinking from the caffeine firehose we know as shodan

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What it is

Dan Tentler's DEF CON 20 talk on odd things he found on the internet through Shodan, such as stoplights, power systems and other non-computer devices exposed online. It highlights how many devices need no credentials.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it when discussing exposed IoT and industrial devices, as an eye-opening look at how much is reachable online.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check out this great talk given at Defcon”

    Shows magnitude of exposed vulnerable devices needing no credentials.

    jrvarela56, 2014-04 · Recommendation · in “Hacker taps into baby monitor, shouts at sleeping infant”

  2. “Warning - watching this may readjust your faith in humanity.”

    Eye-opening on exposed telnet devices like stoplights.

    pdkl95, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Vigilantes are working hard to infect IoT devices with the Hajime botnet”

  3. “A great presentation on this (and many other things) here”

    Presentation on retrofitted old systems ending up on the internet.

    dmitriid, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “The NYC subway system runs on OS/2”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: shodan, iot security, scada, def con, internet exposure

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