Shodan
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Shodan is a specialized search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and services, often used for cybersecurity research and network reconnaissance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shodan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8248696 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shodan Context triple: [Maltego, canIntegrateWith, Shodan]
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A.
Cyber Pearl
Cyber Pearl is a prominent commercial office complex in Hyderabad’s HITEC City, known for housing numerous IT and technology companies.
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B.
Sucuri
Sucuri is a website security company best known for its malware removal, firewall, and protection services for websites and online businesses.
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C.
Talos
Talos is a giant bronze automaton from Greek mythology who guarded the island of Crete by circling its shores and hurling stones at approaching intruders.
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D.
Talos
Talos is a Skrull leader and shapeshifting alien operative in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, prominently featured in the film "Captain Marvel."
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E.
Radar
Radar is the nickname of American professional golfer Michael Reid, known for his accuracy and steady play on the PGA Tour.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shodan Target entity description: Shodan is a specialized search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and services, often used for cybersecurity research and network reconnaissance.
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A.
Cyber Pearl
Cyber Pearl is a prominent commercial office complex in Hyderabad’s HITEC City, known for housing numerous IT and technology companies.
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B.
Sucuri
Sucuri is a website security company best known for its malware removal, firewall, and protection services for websites and online businesses.
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C.
Talos
Talos is a giant bronze automaton from Greek mythology who guarded the island of Crete by circling its shores and hurling stones at approaching intruders.
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D.
Talos
Talos is a Skrull leader and shapeshifting alien operative in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, prominently featured in the film "Captain Marvel."
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E.
Radar
Radar is the nickname of American professional golfer Michael Reid, known for his accuracy and steady play on the PGA Tour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cybersecurity tool
ⓘ
internet-connected device search engine ⓘ search engine ⓘ |
| commercialModel | freemium ⓘ |
| creator | John Matherly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataCollectionMethod | active internet scanning ⓘ |
| developer | John Matherly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAPI |
Shodan REST API
ⓘ
Shodan streaming API NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
API access
ⓘ
alerts ⓘ data exports ⓘ faceted search filters ⓘ maps visualization ⓘ network monitoring dashboards ⓘ organization filters ⓘ saved searches ⓘ tagging of devices ⓘ vulnerability search ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Shodan Exploits
ⓘ
Shodan Images NERFINISHED ⓘ Shodan Labs NERFINISHED ⓘ Shodan Maps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| indexes |
IP addresses
ⓘ
IoT devices ⓘ SSL certificates ⓘ banners ⓘ geolocation data ⓘ industrial control systems ⓘ open ports ⓘ routers ⓘ servers ⓘ service metadata ⓘ webcams ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| name | Shodan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
free tier
ⓘ
paid plans ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | index internet-connected devices and services ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
attack surface mapping
ⓘ
cybersecurity research ⓘ exposure assessment ⓘ network reconnaissance ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
BinaryEdge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Censys NERFINISHED ⓘ ZoomEye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scanProtocols |
FTP
ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ Modbus NERFINISHED ⓘ SNMP ⓘ SSH ⓘ Telnet ⓘ industrial control protocols ⓘ |
| supports |
OS filters
ⓘ
country filters ⓘ hostname filters ⓘ organization filters ⓘ port filters ⓘ |
| supportsQueryLanguage | Shodan query syntax ⓘ |
| usedBy |
network administrators
ⓘ
penetration testers ⓘ security researchers ⓘ threat intelligence analysts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
asset inventory
ⓘ
discovering exposed services ⓘ identifying misconfigurations ⓘ vulnerability exposure analysis ⓘ |
| website | https://www.shodan.io ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shodan Description of subject: Shodan is a specialized search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and services, often used for cybersecurity research and network reconnaissance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.