A Study on IP Exposure Notification System for IoT Devices Using IP Search Engine Shodan

Abstract

As times become increasingly digitized and the importance of IoT_(Internet of Things) technology still growing, the number of IP-based IoT devices is also sharply increasing. This has the advantage of improving the quality of life because by increasing the numbers of IoT devices, but IP-related security threats are also increasing together while the system for preventing these threats is insufficient. In this paper, we study the IP exposure notification system for IoT devices using IP search engine ‘Shodan’. First, we study the keywords to search the IP address of IoT devices. After that, we output the result file about those keywords using Shodan API. Finally, we develop a web-based IP exposure notification system for IoT devices using the output file and Google Map API. In the future, we can develop our system combining this study and the IP exposure threat level. It can also prevent the threat of countries or public institutions.