June 27, 2023 By Sergiu Gatlan
Censys researchers have discovered hundreds of Internet-exposed devices on the networks of U.S. federal agencies that have to be secured according to a recently issued CISA Binding Operational Directive.
An analysis of the attack surfaces of more than 50 Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organizations led to the discovery of more than 13,000 individual hosts exposed to Internet access, distributed across over 100 systems linked to FCEB agencies.
Of these, more than 1,300 Internet-exposed hosts can be accessed through IPv4 addresses, with hundreds allowing access to management interfaces of various network appliances.
