Practical Internet of Things Security - Second Edition

Common IoT attack types

There are many attack types covered in this book; however, the following list provides some of the most significant as they relate to the IoT:

• Wired and wireless scanning and mapping attacks
• Protocol attacks
• Eavesdropping attacks (loss of confidentiality)
• Cryptographic algorithm and key management attacks
• Spoofing and masquerading (authentication attacks)
• Operating system and application integrity attacks
• Denial of service and jamming
• Physical security attacks (for example, tampering and interface exposures)
• Access control attacks (privilege escalation)

The preceding attacks are only a small sample of what exists. In the real world, however, most attacks are highly customized to a specific, known vulnerability. A ...