IOT Malware : An Analysis of IOT Device Hijacking

Authors

  • M. Shobana  Research Scholar, *1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
  • Dr. S. Rathi  Senior Assistant Professor, 2Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

Keywords:

Internet of things; Malware; IoT Devices; PDoS; DDoS.

Abstract

The tremendous improvement in the network technology flourishes all the fields which includes defense, medical, industries etc beyond the human imagination. This improvement leads to the birth of IoT (Internet of Things), that is it connects all types of devices in the lake of Internet. Increase in the usage of Internet gradually increases the threat of security widely among the applications that are based on IoT. The starting point for this security threat is the IoT device which is vulnerable to the hacker’s attack. This paper explores various types of IoT malware and spots the vulnerables points in the IoT environment.

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2018-06-30

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Volume 3, Issue 5, May-June-2018

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M. Shobana, Dr. S. Rathi, " IOT Malware : An Analysis of IOT Device Hijacking, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 3, Issue 5, pp.653-662, May-June-2018.