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Re: " ...colleges and universities all over the United States found that their network printers were spilling out Auernheimer’s flyer."


From: Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer () GMAIL COM>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:30:11 -0400

On 3/29/16, Matthew Trump <M.Trump () kent ac uk> wrote:
What justification was provided for connecting printers to the internet at
these institutions?

Perhaps a more pressing question is if printers are so cavalierly put
on public IP, what else do colleges and universities have exposed?
Have a look for yourself with the following Shodan searches.

ModBus?  Check.
+++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+port%3A502

Niagara Building Control Systems?  Check.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+niagara
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+niagara

VNC with no authentication set?  Check.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+%22authentication+disabled%22
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+%22authentication+disabled%22

IPMI bare metal iLo access?  Check.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+port%3A623
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+port%3A623

Windows XP?  Check.
++++++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+os%3A%22windows+xp%22
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+os%3A%22windows+xp%22

SNMP?  Check.
++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+port%3A161
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+port%3A161

Windows SMB, NetBios?  Check and Check.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+port%3A445
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+port%3A445
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Auniversity+port%3A137
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=org%3Acollege+port%3A137


References:
http://seclists.org/educause/2014/q2/266
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/government/locating-scada-and-ics-systems-on-edu-networks-with-shodan/

Cheers,
--scm


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