Anyone used the shodan plugin for firefox or chrome? Security issues?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 07:09 -0700, stan wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2015 12:02:59 +0100
> Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, there are many such devices, and yes they do represent security
> > hazards. However nothing about this is particularly new.
>  
> Yeah, you're right.  I vaguely recall a media flare-up a few years ago
> when it was found that baby security cameras were being taken over, and
> the perpetrators were making obscene suggestions to young children
> through them.
> 
> What's new, apparently, is the search capability.  It makes these
> unprotected devices available to the technically illiterate e.g. script
> kiddies.  So the level of threat has jumped up by an order of
> magnitude.  Burglars could use the security cameras of their
> theft target to be sure the coast was clear, if they were insecure and
> web accessible, and it is as simple for them as doing a search.  Now,
> isn't that irony; the security system being used to breach security.
> 
> The plugin apparently will tell the user about any insecure devices
> present on a website when the browser visits it.

No doubt, but not really relevant to this list.

poc