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Unfortunately, a lot of those are honeypots, even though the number might be unbelievable. A quick look on the first page shows this one[1] claiming to be a PHP
by supriyo-biswas 3y ago
Unfortunately, a lot of those are honeypots, even though the number might be unbelievable. A quick look on the first page shows this one[1] claiming to be a PHP web server serving a Java application(!), this other one[2] claims to be an embedded system web server, this one[3] claims that it's a streaming service, this one[4] claims its Mac OS X server (how long has it been obsolete again?)
And those are just the headers! Just taking a cursory look at [4], I can see it is claiming to be a ASP.net server being served by a TP-Link device on one port, all the while also being a QNAP device on another, and also another PHP application served through thttpd. All the while running on AWS...
[1] https://www.shodan.io/host/44.204.245.187 https://www.shodan.io/host/44.204.245.187
[2] https://www.shodan.io/host/13.246.35.40 https://www.shodan.io/host/13.246.35.40
[3] https://www.shodan.io/host/16.171.64.23 https://www.shodan.io/host/16.171.64.23
[4] https://www.shodan.io/host/44.204.245.187 https://www.shodan.io/host/44.204.245.187
- KingOfCoders 3y agoI'm stupid, so please be patient, who puts up these honeypots? WHy are they there? (I know in principle what a honeypot is)
- chronid 3y agoI do, and I'm not a security researcher (not really). If nothing else, it's fun to see who pokes you, even if I don't actually follow up on it.
- KingOfCoders 3y agoThanks!
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- MyNameIs_Hacker 3y agoConspiracy Theory: The proliferation of honeypots is due to secret government contracts attempting to corrupt the usefulness of Shodan and the like.
- datadrivenangel 3y agoAutomated Chaff for the information age.
- achillean 3y agoNote that all of them have been flagged as honeypots by Shodan (see the "Tags" section below the IP in the top left).