How to search the Internet of Things for photos of sleeping babies

  • 19 January 2016
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This scare over web-cams surfaced about this time last year as well, and there are still many from that scare that are still vulnerable.
 

Shodan search engine is a creepy reminder of why we need to fix IoT security.

by J.M. Porup - Jan 19, 2016
 
                                          
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                                            A kitchen in Spain
 
Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently launched a new section that lets users easily browse vulnerable webcams.
 
The feed includes images of marijuana plantations, back rooms of banks, children, kitchens, living rooms, garages, front gardens, back gardens, ski slopes, swimming pools, colleges and schools, laboratories, and cash register cameras in retail stores, according to Dan Tentler, a security researcher who has spent several years investigating webcam security.
 
"It's all over the place," he told Ars Technica UK. "Practically everything you can think of."
 
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