Insights from the Censys 2026 State of the Internet Report

(TLP:GREEN) This week, Censys, an internet scanning and attack surface research company, released its 2026 State of the Internet Report. The report covers exposed services, vulnerability response, industrial control systems (ICS), threat infrastructure, and AI tooling. Censys observed about 134,000 internet-exposed ICS hosts in early 2026, up roughly 4% from 2024. The U.S. accounts for 32% of them and nearly half (49.4%) of all exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs)…