Internet of Things for Architects

Attack and threat terms

The following are the terms and definitions of different attacks or malevolent cyber threats:

• Amplification attack: Magnifies the bandwidth sent to a victim. Often an attacker will use a legitimate service such as NTP, Steam, or DNS to reflect the attack upon a victim. NTP can amplify 556x and DNS amplification can escalate the bandwidth by 179x.
• ARP spoof: A type of attack that sends a falsified ARP message resulting in linking the attacker's MAC address with the IP of a legitimate system.
• Banner scans: A technique typically used to take inventory of systems on a network that can also be used by an attacker to gain information about a potential attack target by performing HTTP requests and inspecting the returned ...