The year is 2015. A young researcher who specializes in mainframe security things to himself “hmmm, I wonder how many mainframes there are on the internet?” Using google-fu, SHODAN and eventually masscan + Nmap he found hundreds. Surprised by this he decided to share this discovery with the community speaking about it at a previous Skytalks over 8 years ago. Now hes back! With even more, newer mainframes!! This talk is part tooling and will go over how to scan the internet cheaply, and part internet exploration and the joy of research. We’ll take a look at some of the mainframes he’s found and what he thinks about them… LIVE!
Philip Young, aka Soldier of FORTRAN, is a leading expert in all things mainframe hacking. Having spoken and taught at conferences around the world, including DEFCON, RSA, BlackHat and keynoting at both SHARE and GSE Europe, he has established himself as the thought leader in mainframe penetration testing. Since 2013 Philip has released tools to aid in the testing of mainframe security and contributed to multiple opensource projects including Nmap, allowing those with little mainframe capabilities the chance to test their mainframes. His hope is that through raising awareness about mainframe security more organizations will take their risk profile seriously.
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