Applied Network Security

IOT and botnets

Networks around the world are continually plagued by DDoS attacks. These types of attacks can be devastating to a business, costing them millions of dollars in some cases. Botnets are often used by hackers to launch DDoS attacks. Remember, botnets are compromised devices remotely controlled by a hacker through a C&C server. Think of a bot as a zombie machine. A group of bots or zombies is called a botnet. Until recently, botnets have usually been compromised of desktop or laptop devices taken over on large enterprise networks. The larger the botnet, the more effective it is in launching DDoS attacks. The IoT has changed how botnets are built. Any device/object embedded with IoT can become a bot. For example, CCTV cameras have ...