DDoS in the IoT: Mirai and other botnets

Computer

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 80-84

  Kolias, Constantinos ^a   Kambourakis, Georgios ^b   Stavrou, Angelos ^a   Voas, Jeffrey ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

botnet; BrickerBot; cybersecurity; Cybertrust; DDoS; distributed denial of service; Hajime; Internet of Things; IoT; malware; Mirai; Persirai; security

Indexed keywords

BOTNET; DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK; MALWARE; NETWORK SECURITY;

BRICKERBOT; CYBER SECURITY; CYBERTRUST; DDOS; DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE; HAJIME; MIRAI; PERSIRAI; SECURITY;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85024497200     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2017.201     Document Type: Article

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