Evaluation of Distributed Denial of Service threat in the Internet of Things
Luis Pacheco, João José Costa Gondim, Priscila Solís Barreto, Eduardo Alchieri · 2016
There is a concern about possible threats deriving from the widespread adoption of IoT (Internet of Things). The number of devices connected to the Internet is going to increase dramatically, potentiating their security risks. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a good candidate to explore IoT security vulnerabilities, because of the enormous number of new devices connected to the Internet there is also an increase in the number of possible compromised devices. This study aims to analyze the efficiency of a DDoS attack in a typical IoT environment, by using simulations that, in the best of our knowledge, have not been conducted yet.