Journal article · Preprint article
DDoS-Capable IoT Malwares: Comparative Analysis and Mirai Investigation
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has not only carried the astonishing promise to interconnect a whole generation of traditionally “dumb” devices, but also brought to the Internet the menace of billions of badly protected and easily hackable objects. Not surprisingly, this sudden flooding of fresh and insecure devices fueled older threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
In this paper, we first propose an updated and comprehensive taxonomy of DDoS attacks, together with a number of examples on how this classification maps to real-world attacks. Then, we outline the current situation of DDoS-enabled malwares in IoT networks, highlighting how recent data support our concerns about the growing in popularity of these malwares.
Finally, we give a detailed analysis of the general framework and the operating principles of Mirai, the most disruptive DDoS-capable IoT malware seen so far.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Security and Communication Networks |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 1-30 |
ISSN: | 19390122 and 19390114 |
Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
DOI: | 10.1155/2018/7178164 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0001-9056-9281 , Dragoni, Nicola and 0000-0001-9293-7711 |