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dang9y ago

We had a major thread about something similar a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11367666. Is this story significantly different?

nacs9y ago

This site is actually up (unlike the roulette one) and seems to also show IPs (I don't think the previous one showed IPs).

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plymb9y ago

On this screen one can see the scanners ip: http://imgur.com/INXXlbI

eric_h9y ago

Ha! I wonder if whomever was using that VNC session had an "oh shit" moment there.

drakmail9y ago

After disabling an adblock have several new tabs with mackeeper site opened =(

Turned adblock on again

sosuke9y ago

Yeah I saw the "please disabled adblocker message" with a cute cat. I then thought about what the site was doing and I decided to keep it on and close out the site instead.

worldofvnc9y ago

Not every ad network accepts my website. If you think my project is cool, please donate by using bitcoin or PayPal. Link is on the homepage.

Your support (with or without donation) is greatly appreciated!

achtung6669y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=177 I just hope it's not what it looks like

bluedino9y ago

>> I found 3567 servers that were unprotected.

That's pretty low for scanning the whole internet. Either VNC isn't used that much or I was simply expecting 10 times as many servers.

allthetime9y ago

I run an unprotected VNC server at home, but its not open to the world because I'm using a router that doesn't expose local ports, like most people.

iancarroll9y ago

Unprotected VNC servers != all VNC servers, or even weak VNC servers. You could probably brute force into a lot more, but that's definitely illegal.

achillean9y ago

It is low, Shodan has found more than 10,000 VNC that have disabled authentication:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rfb+authentication+disabl...

And there are roughly 550,000 VNC servers on the Internet:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rfb

vhold9y ago

Geezus he included the hostnames and IPs? This is so insanely irresponsible.

bradbeattie9y ago

Could be worse: http://www.insecam.org/

lisivka9y ago

Nice one: http://www.insecam.org/en/view/257447/

sushisource9y ago

I'd argue it's responsible. Security through obscurity is no security at all.

stirner9y ago

Avoiding security through obscurity is a topic for people in the crypto industry. Random people with misconfigured VNC servers most likely aren't computer experts, and revealing their addresses is pointless and irresponsible. Yes, maybe making this information public will cause them to fix their configuration. More likely, they will just be attacked.

api9y ago

Sooooo many of these look so disturbingly like industrial process control... and this is on the HN front page... I think some people are gonna have a bad day.

gherkin09y ago

I like this one:

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2677

It looks like the LCD display of some embedded system, something I would have never expected to see over VNC.

listic9y ago

An industrial controller: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=981

ThatGuy1239y ago

Woa! https://www.twitch.tv/worldofvnc

varjag9y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2113 judging by the tab names, some Russian botnet HQ.

sebtoast9y ago

Browsing those are fun. I wonder what that is http://i.imgur.com/c796ANj.jpg

koolba9y ago

It's a grain elevator.

TheCapn9y ago

First guess is a grain dryer

protomyth9y ago

Those are not cheap pieces of equipment to run and I hope like hell it is not remote controllable. You can make or break an elevator operation by how you deal with moisture.

sebtoast9y ago

That makes sense, thanks.

mhurron9y ago

I was surprised I did not see porn.

illumin89y ago

Here's a really funny one:

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=440

I wonder whether anyone connected and upgraded him to Windows 10...

nom9y ago

That one is really weird: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=1107

I got no clue so far.. but so many questions!

lisivka9y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2136

niij9y ago

The font...

varjag9y ago

This is terrifying.

So many live systems, from CNC lathes through den feeders and boiler controllers to entire city water treatment facilities..

tux39y ago

I'm interested to see that they only found 3567 open servers, whereas a scan I have from a couple years ago shows 7573 entries.

Now is it just a difference in scanned ports or a genuine improvement in security, I can't tell, but I can only hope.

achillean9y ago

Their numbers are too low. Shodan has found closer to 12,000 servers that have disabled authentication.

lisivka9y ago

wind-farm: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2116

paulojreis9y ago

Now, that's an ode to the Internet of (Shitty) Things (https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en).

trhway9y ago

i think it is obligatory to mention that Intel CPUs (which have vPro enabled, ie. Xeons and some others) have VNC server built-in on the chip.

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38 comments

dang9y ago

We had a major thread about something similar a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11367666. Is this story significantly different?

nacs9y ago

This site is actually up (unlike the roulette one) and seems to also show IPs (I don't think the previous one showed IPs).

1 more reply

plymb9y ago

On this screen one can see the scanners ip: http://imgur.com/INXXlbI

eric_h9y ago

Ha! I wonder if whomever was using that VNC session had an "oh shit" moment there.

drakmail9y ago

After disabling an adblock have several new tabs with mackeeper site opened =(

Turned adblock on again

sosuke9y ago

Yeah I saw the "please disabled adblocker message" with a cute cat. I then thought about what the site was doing and I decided to keep it on and close out the site instead.

worldofvnc9y ago

Not every ad network accepts my website. If you think my project is cool, please donate by using bitcoin or PayPal. Link is on the homepage.

Your support (with or without donation) is greatly appreciated!

achtung6669y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=177 I just hope it's not what it looks like

bluedino9y ago

>> I found 3567 servers that were unprotected.

That's pretty low for scanning the whole internet. Either VNC isn't used that much or I was simply expecting 10 times as many servers.

allthetime9y ago

I run an unprotected VNC server at home, but its not open to the world because I'm using a router that doesn't expose local ports, like most people.

iancarroll9y ago

Unprotected VNC servers != all VNC servers, or even weak VNC servers. You could probably brute force into a lot more, but that's definitely illegal.

achillean9y ago

It is low, Shodan has found more than 10,000 VNC that have disabled authentication:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rfb+authentication+disabl...

And there are roughly 550,000 VNC servers on the Internet:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rfb

vhold9y ago

Geezus he included the hostnames and IPs? This is so insanely irresponsible.

bradbeattie9y ago

Could be worse: http://www.insecam.org/

lisivka9y ago

Nice one: http://www.insecam.org/en/view/257447/

sushisource9y ago

I'd argue it's responsible. Security through obscurity is no security at all.

stirner9y ago

api9y ago

Sooooo many of these look so disturbingly like industrial process control... and this is on the HN front page... I think some people are gonna have a bad day.

gherkin09y ago

I like this one:

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2677

It looks like the LCD display of some embedded system, something I would have never expected to see over VNC.

listic9y ago

An industrial controller: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=981

ThatGuy1239y ago

Woa! https://www.twitch.tv/worldofvnc

varjag9y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2113 judging by the tab names, some Russian botnet HQ.

sebtoast9y ago

Browsing those are fun. I wonder what that is http://i.imgur.com/c796ANj.jpg

koolba9y ago

It's a grain elevator.

TheCapn9y ago

First guess is a grain dryer

protomyth9y ago

Those are not cheap pieces of equipment to run and I hope like hell it is not remote controllable. You can make or break an elevator operation by how you deal with moisture.

sebtoast9y ago

That makes sense, thanks.

mhurron9y ago

I was surprised I did not see porn.

illumin89y ago

Here's a really funny one:

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=440

I wonder whether anyone connected and upgraded him to Windows 10...

nom9y ago

That one is really weird: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=1107

I got no clue so far.. but so many questions!

lisivka9y ago

https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2136

niij9y ago

The font...

varjag9y ago

This is terrifying.

So many live systems, from CNC lathes through den feeders and boiler controllers to entire city water treatment facilities..

tux39y ago

I'm interested to see that they only found 3567 open servers, whereas a scan I have from a couple years ago shows 7573 entries.

Now is it just a difference in scanned ports or a genuine improvement in security, I can't tell, but I can only hope.

achillean9y ago

Their numbers are too low. Shodan has found closer to 12,000 servers that have disabled authentication.

lisivka9y ago

wind-farm: https://worldofvnc.net/browse.php?id=2116

paulojreis9y ago

Now, that's an ode to the Internet of (Shitty) Things (https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en).

trhway9y ago

i think it is obligatory to mention that Intel CPUs (which have vPro enabled, ie. Xeons and some others) have VNC server built-in on the chip.

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