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A Continent-Wide Assessment of Cyber Vulnerability Across Africa. (arXiv:2301.03008v1 [cs.CR])
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As the internet penetration rate in Africa increases, so does the
proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Along with this growth
in internet access is the risk of cyberattacks to vulnerable IoT devices
mushrooming in the African cyberspace. One way to determine IoT vulnerabilities
is to find open ports within Africa s cyberspace. Our research leverages Shodan
search engine, a powerful tool for discovering IoT devices facing the public
internet, to find open ports across Africa. We conduct …
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