Remotely having access to your desktop and files from anywhere is pretty handy, but it can also leave a gaping security hole if you don’t properly set up the software. What happens if you use Virtual Network Computing (VNC), but fail to secure the connection with a password? VNC Roulette; it might feature a screen capture of your desktop or what you are doing on your computer as well your IP. Some folks might take that as a “please hack me” invitation.

It’s not the first VNC Roulette as some attendees at the 31st Chaos Computer Congress had one that they likened to “Chatroulette for open VNC servers.” Not everyone uses Shodan to find open VNC ports, or recalls when Paul McMillan found about 30,000 unsecured VNC connections, or even Dan Tentler’s Def Con 20 presentation, but the newly launched site is attempting to bring the issue to the forefront again.   

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