Rapid7’s third annual National Exposure Index shows the prevalence of outdated and unsecured internet protocols and devices that remain in use, including 21 million FTP servers. The firm found a “worrying” number – about 13 million internet-exposed databases. Rapid7: “No normal, reputable company uses FTP to ship around customer data” The firm also found high levels of SMB, telnet and FTP usage in recent scans of the internet. In a video interview at the recent Infosecurity Europe conference in London, Tod Beardsley discusses instances of poorly secured UDP and the voice-over-IP SIP protocol.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/scans-reveal-13-million-internet-exposed-databases-a-11151