Doorstep Scan
A daily, plain-English exposure briefing for small business owners and IT generalists running any internet-facing database (Redis, Mongo, Postgres), telling them in five minutes what's exposed, what to patch tonight, and what to hand their contractor.
Small business owners and IT generalists without dedicated security staff
- One-page daily scan of every internet-facing service on your domains and IPs
- Plain-English remediation playbook with a numbered 'do this tonight' list
- Vendor-talk translator that explains CVEs and PoCs in business-impact terms
- Optional weekly digest you can forward straight to your MSP or freelancer
Working RCE exploits for widely deployed Redis versions hit GitHub Trending with 415 stars, and SMBs running default-config Redis on cloud VMs are demonstrably exposed.
CVE-2025-49844 'RediShell' is confirmed critical RCE in Redis with active exploit activity (Wiz, Sysdig, Daily Security Review coverage), and exposed databases (Redis/Mongo/Postgres) are documented as a recurring SMB risk class — real, current pain.Wiz Finds Critical Redis RCE Vulnerability: CVE‑2025‑49844 | Wiz Blog ↗Database Ports Exposed: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, The Risks You're Ignoring ↗
Crowded adjacent space: Shodan Monitor ($69–$359/mo tiers) already does exposed-service alerts, Censys covers ASM, and daily security briefings exist (N2K CyberWire, SecurityWeek, ZeroFox Daily Intel, Decryption Digest). A plain-English database-specific digest is a narrow niche, not open ground.Shodan Account Pricing ↗Daily Cybersecurity Briefing for Security Practitioners | Decryption Digest ↗
Willingness-to-pay is demonstrated by Shodan's $69–$359/mo SMB tiers, but the lowest entry price already filters out the true 'no security staff' SMB target, and free Shodan membership + free daily newsletters set a tough anchor — moderate monetization at best.Shodan Account Pricing ↗Subscribe - SecurityWeek ↗
Internet-exposed database risk is a durable, decades-long problem class and new CVEs ship regularly (e.g., RediShell), so the use case persists; however, incumbents could trivially add a 'plain-English digest' mode, eroding differentiation over time.Understanding CVE-2025-49844: "RediShell" Critical Remote Code Execution ↗Internet-Exposed Services Security Guide 2026 ↗
Buildable by stitching Shodan/Censys APIs + NVD/VulnCheck CVE feeds + database fingerprinting, plus a daily digest pipeline; doable but non-trivial due to scan credit costs, attribution rules (Shodan requires attribution), and the editorial work of turning raw CVEs into 'patch tonight' guidance.Shodan Account Pricing ↗Censys Pricing ↗