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Ishani
Ishani

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Advanced Search Engines

Today I was amazed by what these search engines can do
https://www.shodan.io/
Shodan search engine presents internet connected devices. What does this mean for me? I can find live servers running with specific versions, find IoT devices etc.

https://search.censys.io/
This amazing engine provides searching of hosts, websites, certificates, mail servers, databases etc.

Now what are the use cases for me as a researcher?

  1. Identify the exposed services that could be an entry point for an attack
  2. detect systems with outdated software or vulnerable protocols
  3. ensure compliance of infrastructure with security policies
  4. investigate malicious IP addresses, server configurations, open ports

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Do I want to know if my email address is in a data breach, this engine will tell me how many data breaches and how many times it was pasted. Quite fancy

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload
Virustotal is a really great place to check if a website is safe to visit, also let you upload doubtful files and it will tell you if it is malicious. Moreover it can search for a hash, domain and IP address

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