Over time, I’ve collected an assortment of interesting, funny, and depressing search queries to plug into Shodan, the literal) internet search engine. Some return facepalm-inducing results, while others return serious and/or ancient vulnerabilities in the wild.
Most search filters require a Shodan account.
You can assume these queries only return unsecured/open instances when possible. For your own legal benefit, do not attempt to login (even with default passwords) if they aren’t! Narrow down results by adding filters like country:US
or org:"Harvard University"
or hostname:"nasa.gov"
to the end.
The world and its devices are quickly becoming more connected through the shiny new Internet of Things Sh*t — and exponentially more dangerous as a result. To that end, I hope this list spreads awareness (and, quite frankly, pant-wetting fear) rather than harm.
And as always, discover and disclose responsibly!
Table of Contents
- Industrial Control Systems
- Remote Desktop
- Network Infrastructure
- Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Webcams
- Printers & Copiers
- Home Devices
- Random Stuff
Industrial Control Systems
Samsung Electronic Billboards
→
"Server: Prismview Player"
Gas Station Pump Controllers
→
"in-tank inventory" port:10001
Automatic License Plate Readers
→
P372 "ANPR enabled"
Traffic Light Controllers / Red Light Cameras
→
mikrotik streetlight
Voting Machines in the United States
→
"voter system serial" country:US
Telcos Running Cisco Lawful Intercept Wiretaps
→
"Cisco IOS" "ADVIPSERVICESK9_LI-M"
Wiretapping mechanism outlined by Cisco in RFC 3924:
Lawful intercept is the lawfully authorized interception and monitoring of communications of an intercept subject. The term “intercept subject” […] refers to the subscriber of a telecommunications service whose communications and/or intercept related information (IRI) has been lawfully authorized to be intercepted and delivered to some agency.
Prison Pay Phones
→
"[2J[H Encartele Confidential"
Tesla PowerPack Charging Status
→
http.title:"Tesla PowerPack System" http.component:"d3" -ga3ca4f2
Electric Vehicle Chargers
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"Server: gSOAP/2.8" "Content-Length: 583"
Maritime Satellites
→
Shodan made a pretty sweet Ship Tracker that maps ship locations in real time, too!
"Cobham SATCOM" OR ("Sailor" "VSAT")
Submarine Mission Control Dashboards
→
title:"Slocum Fleet Mission Control"
CAREL PlantVisor Refrigeration Units
→
"Server: CarelDataServer" "200 Document follows"
Nordex Wind Turbine Farms
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http.title:"Nordex Control" "Windows 2000 5.0 x86" "Jetty/3.1 (JSP 1.1; Servlet 2.2; java 1.6.0_14)"
C4 Max Commercial Vehicle GPS Trackers
→
"[1m[35mWelcome on console"
DICOM Medical X-Ray Machines
→
Secured by default, thankfully, but these 1,700+ machines still have no business being on the internet.
"DICOM Server Response" port:104
GaugeTech Electricity Meters
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"Server: EIG Embedded Web Server" "200 Document follows"
Siemens Industrial Automation
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"Siemens, SIMATIC" port:161
Siemens HVAC Controllers
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"Server: Microsoft-WinCE" "Content-Length: 12581"
Door / Lock Access Controllers
→
"HID VertX" port:4070
Railroad Management
→
"log off" "select the appropriate"
Remote Desktop
Unprotected VNC
→
"authentication disabled" "RFB 003.008"
Shodan Images is a great supplementary tool to browse screenshots, by the way! →
Windows RDP
→
99.99% are secured by a secondary Windows login screen.
"\x03\x00\x00\x0b\x06\xd0\x00\x00\x124\x00"
Network Infrastructure
Weave Scope Dashboards
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Command-line access inside Kubernetes pods and Docker containers, and real-time visualization/monitoring of the entire infrastructure.
title:"Weave Scope" http.favicon.hash:567176827
MongoDB
→
Older versions were insecure by default. Very scary.
"MongoDB Server Information" port:27017 -authentication
Mongo Express Web GUI
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Like the infamous phpMyAdmin but for MongoDB.
"Set-Cookie: mongo-express=" "200 OK"
Jenkins CI
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"X-Jenkins" "Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID" http.title:"Dashboard"
Docker APIs
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"Docker Containers:" port:2375
Docker Private Registries
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"Docker-Distribution-Api-Version: registry" "200 OK" -gitlab
Pi-hole Open DNS Servers
→
"dnsmasq-pi-hole" "Recursion: enabled"
Already Logged-In as root
via Telnet
→
"root@" port:23 -login -password -name -Session
Android Root Bridges
→
A tangential result of Google’s sloppy fractured update approach. More information here.
"Android Debug Bridge" "Device" port:5555
Lantronix Serial-to-Ethernet Adapter Leaking Telnet Passwords
→
Lantronix password port:30718 -secured
Citrix Virtual Apps
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"Citrix Applications:" port:1604
Cisco Smart Install
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Vulnerable (kind of “by design,” but especially when exposed).
"smart install client active"
PBX IP Phone Gateways
→
PBX "gateway console" -password port:23
Polycom Video Conferencing
→
http.title:"- Polycom" "Server: lighttpd"
Telnet Configuration: →
"Polycom Command Shell" -failed port:23
Bomgar Help Desk Portal
→
"Server: Bomgar" "200 OK"
Intel Active Management CVE-2017-5689
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"Intel(R) Active Management Technology" port:623,664,16992,16993,16994,16995
HP iLO 4 CVE-2017-12542
→
HP-ILO-4 !"HP-ILO-4/2.53" !"HP-ILO-4/2.54" !"HP-ILO-4/2.55" !"HP-ILO-4/2.60" !"HP-ILO-4/2.61" !"HP-ILO-4/2.62" !"HP-iLO-4/2.70" port:1900
Outlook Web Access:
Exchange 2007
→
"x-owa-version" "IE=EmulateIE7" "Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0"
Exchange 2010
→
"x-owa-version" "IE=EmulateIE7" http.favicon.hash:442749392
Exchange 2013 / 2016
→
"X-AspNet-Version" http.title:"Outlook" -"x-owa-version"
Lync / Skype for Business
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"X-MS-Server-Fqdn"
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
SMB (Samba) File Shares
→
Produces ~500,000 results…narrow down by adding “Documents” or “Videos”, etc.
"Authentication: disabled" port:445
Specifically domain controllers: →
"Authentication: disabled" NETLOGON SYSVOL -unix port:445
Concerning default network shares of QuickBooks files: →
"Authentication: disabled" "Shared this folder to access QuickBooks files OverNetwork" -unix port:445
FTP Servers with Anonymous Login
→
"220" "230 Login successful." port:21
Iomega / LenovoEMC NAS Drives
→
"Set-Cookie: iomega=" -"manage/login.html" -http.title:"Log In"
Buffalo TeraStation NAS Drives
→
Redirecting sencha port:9000
Logitech Media Servers
→
"Server: Logitech Media Server" "200 OK"
Plex Media Servers
→
"X-Plex-Protocol" "200 OK" port:32400
Tautulli / PlexPy Dashboards
→
"CherryPy/5.1.0" "/home"
Webcams
Example images not necessary.
Yawcams
→
"Server: yawcam" "Mime-Type: text/html"
webcamXP/webcam7
→
("webcam 7" OR "webcamXP") http.component:"mootools" -401
Android IP Webcam Server
→
"Server: IP Webcam Server" "200 OK"
Security DVRs
→
html:"DVR_H264 ActiveX"
Printers & Copiers:
HP Printers
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"Serial Number:" "Built:" "Server: HP HTTP"
Xerox Copiers/Printers
→
ssl:"Xerox Generic Root"
Epson Printers
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"SERVER: EPSON_Linux UPnP" "200 OK"
"Server: EPSON-HTTP" "200 OK"
Canon Printers
→
"Server: KS_HTTP" "200 OK"
"Server: CANON HTTP Server"
Home Devices
Yamaha Stereos
→
"Server: AV_Receiver" "HTTP/1.1 406"
Apple AirPlay Receivers
→
Apple TVs, HomePods, etc.
"\x08_airplay" port:5353
Chromecasts / Smart TVs
→
"Chromecast:" port:8008
Crestron Smart Home Controllers
→
"Model: PYNG-HUB"
Random Stuff
OctoPrint 3D Printer Controllers
→
title:"OctoPrint" -title:"Login" http.favicon.hash:1307375944
Etherium Miners
→
"ETH - Total speed"
Apache Directory Listings
→
Substitute .pem
with any extension or a filename like phpinfo.php
.
http.title:"Index of /" http.html:".pem"
Misconfigured WordPress
→
Exposed wp-config.php
files containing database credentials.
http.html:"* The wp-config.php creation script uses this file"
Too Many Minecraft Servers
→
"Minecraft Server" "protocol 340" port:25565
Literally Everything in North Korea
→
net:175.45.176.0/22,210.52.109.0/24,77.94.35.0/24
TCP Quote of the Day
→
Port 17 (RFC 865) has a bizarre history…
port:17 product:"Windows qotd"
Find a Job Doing This!
→
"X-Recruiting:"
Bon voyage, fellow penetrators!
License
Source: 1Hack.Us & GitHub
ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! 
