Re: Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities

[Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com>]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 8:01 AM Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg () tristatelogic com>
wrote:

> In message <CAM3TTh30V-ibKhSYpCAENuJO_WwS=
> udtn6T1O+Cv-nh6JbZdVA () mail gmail com>
> Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com wrote:
>
> > I know that in Israel the cyber dept of the government scans IL IP space
> > then notifies ISP's to notify their clients. This helps where you have
> > clueless people that don't know they have devices that can easily be
> > compromised.
>
> That's most interesting and I certainly did not know that.
>
> Do you have confidence that such scanning is limited to Israeli IP
> addresses?
>
> Not at all. I think it's obvious that every nation state "pokes around"
the internet.

> Are there any private firms that you are aware of in Israel that engage in
> such scanning also?
I don't know who is doing it. I just know that IL Cert contacted our parent
company which has an ISP in Israel when things were "hot".