Scariest internet search engine Shodan (video)

Wacky things  found on the internet via shodan that are not computers, routers, switches or the 'typical' things you look for when keeping computer security in mind. Published on Aug 21, 2012

Shodan: The scariest search engine on the Internet - Apr. 8, 2013: " . . . Unlike Google which crawls the Web looking for websites, Shodan navigates the Internet's back channels. It's a kind of "dark" Google, looking for the servers, webcams, printers, routers and all the other stuff that is connected to and makes up the Internet. . . Shodan runs 24/7 and collects information on about 500 million connected devices and services each month. . . . 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. . . .  very few of those devices have any kind of security built into them. "It's a massive security failure," said HD Moore, chief security officer of Rapid 7, who operates a private version of a Shodan-like database for his own research purposes. . . ."

One fix? Password protection.

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