articleComputerJan 1, 2017Closed access

DDoS in the IoT: Mirai and Other Botnets

George Mason University · University of the Aegean

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Abstract

The Mirai botnet and its variants and imitators are a wake-up call to the industry to better secure Internet of Things devices or risk exposing the Internet infrastructure to increasingly disruptive distributed denial-of-service attacks.

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Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Botnet
  • Denial-of-service attack
  • Computer science
  • Computer security
  • Trinoo
  • Internet of Things
  • The Internet
  • Application layer DDoS attack
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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