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Experts released PoC exploit code for critical VMware CVE-2022-22972 flaw

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Searching on Shodan.io .” The experts pointed out that the CVE-2022-22972 issue is a relatively simple Host header manipulation vulnerability. Threat actors could easily exploit this issue.

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RDP brute-force attacks rocketed since beginning of COVID-19

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At the time, querying shodan.io Kaspersky find over 600,000 VNC servers available online. Experts also warn of vulnerabilities in other remote working tools, such as VNC, that could expose organizations to hack. In November, Kaspersky experts reported dozens of flaws in Linux and Windows VNC clients in.

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A critical flaw in industrial automation systems opens to remote hack

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” Experts used the search engines for Internet-connected devices, like Shodan.io, to search for ENIP-compatible internet-facing devices and discovered more than 8,000 systems exposed online. Experts was that vendors may have bought vulnerable versions of this stack before the 2012 update and are still using it in their firmware.

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CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

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Shodan.io , the search engine made for finding Internet of Things devices, reports that there are currently more than a half-million vulnerable Fortinet devices reachable via the public Internet.

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Kaspersky found dozens of flaws in 4 open-source VNC software

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VNC is one of the most popular ones, querying shodan.io The VNC systems provide one device with remote access to another device’s screen, there are implementations major operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Windows, and Android. we can find ove r 600,000 VNC servers are available online.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

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Kilmer said when Spur first started looking into Faceless, they noticed almost every Internet address that Faceless advertised for rent also showed up in the IoT search engine Shodan.io as a media sharing device on a local network that was somehow exposed to the Internet.

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Experts hacked 28,000 unsecured printers to raise awareness of printer security issues

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Example of available open printers on a single IoT search engine (Shodan.io): As we can see, many users and organizations still use internet-connected devices without thinking about security, installing firmware updates, or taking into account the implications of leaving their devices publicly accessible.

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