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Dozens of companies and universities regularly scan the Internet to gather data on connected devices, but some firms are looking deeper to uncover the extent of detectable malware infections.
While the largest volume of files was stored in the server of a Russian health center, the largest number of unsecure servers— 819 — were located in the United States, says David Sygula, senior cybersecurity analyst at CybelAngel. These exposed servers "are totally widespread," he says. "There are some countries that are more secure than others. [While] we saw some smaller servers that were eye doctors, ... some of the biggest ones belong to medical centers." The research underscores that storage servers and cloud storage services continue to suffer from misconfiguration problems that exp...