Checking It Twice: Profiling Benign Internet Scanners — 2024 Edition
An analysis of benign internet scanner behavior across 24 new sensors in November 2024, examining discovery speed, port coverage, and vulnerability scanning capabilities of major services like ONYPHE, Censys, and ShadowServer. The study reveals most scanners found new assets within 5 minutes, with Censys leading in port coverage and ShadowServer in vulnerability detection.