IoT Security and Malware

  1. Common IoT Attack Payloads and Their Impact
    1. Botnet Creation and Operation
      1. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
        1. Volumetric Attacks
          1. UDP Flood
            1. UDP Amplification Attacks
              1. Fragmented UDP Floods
                1. Random Port UDP Floods
                2. ICMP Flood
                  1. Ping Floods
                    1. ICMP Fragmentation Attacks
                      1. Smurf Attacks
                    2. Protocol Attacks
                      1. SYN Flood
                        1. TCP SYN Spoofing
                          1. SYN-ACK Reflection
                            1. Connection State Exhaustion
                            2. ACK Flood
                              1. TCP ACK Spoofing
                                1. Window Size Manipulation
                                  1. Sequence Number Attacks
                                2. Application Layer Attacks
                                  1. HTTP Flood
                                    1. GET Request Floods
                                      1. POST Request Floods
                                        1. Slowloris Attacks
                                        2. DNS Query Flood
                                          1. Recursive DNS Attacks
                                            1. DNS Amplification
                                              1. NXDOMAIN Floods
                                          2. Botnets-for-Hire
                                            1. Stresser Services
                                              1. Commercial DDoS Services
                                                1. Subscription-Based Models
                                                  1. Attack Customization Options
                                                  2. Booter Services
                                                    1. Web-Based Attack Interfaces
                                                      1. Payment Processing Systems
                                                        1. Target Selection Mechanisms
                                                    2. Data Theft and Espionage
                                                      1. Sniffing Network Traffic
                                                        1. Packet Interception
                                                          1. Protocol Analysis
                                                            1. Credential Extraction
                                                            2. Stealing Credentials
                                                              1. Password Harvesting
                                                                1. Certificate Theft
                                                                  1. Token Extraction
                                                                  2. Stealing Sensitive Data
                                                                    1. Personal Information Theft
                                                                      1. Business Data Exfiltration
                                                                        1. Intellectual Property Theft
                                                                        2. Covert Audio Surveillance
                                                                          1. Microphone Activation
                                                                            1. Audio Stream Capture
                                                                              1. Voice Recognition Bypass
                                                                              2. Covert Video Surveillance
                                                                                1. Camera Activation
                                                                                  1. Video Stream Capture
                                                                                    1. Motion Detection Bypass
                                                                                  2. Cryptojacking
                                                                                    1. Unauthorized Cryptocurrency Mining
                                                                                      1. CPU-Based Mining
                                                                                        1. GPU-Based Mining
                                                                                          1. ASIC Emulation
                                                                                          2. Resource Consumption Impact
                                                                                            1. Power Consumption Increase
                                                                                              1. Performance Degradation
                                                                                                1. Hardware Wear and Tear
                                                                                              2. Proxying Malicious Traffic
                                                                                                1. Anonymizing Attacker Activities
                                                                                                  1. Traffic Routing
                                                                                                    1. IP Address Obfuscation
                                                                                                      1. Geographic Location Spoofing
                                                                                                      2. Relaying Spam Attacks
                                                                                                        1. Email Spam Distribution
                                                                                                          1. SMS Spam Campaigns
                                                                                                            1. Social Media Spam
                                                                                                            2. Relaying Phishing Attacks
                                                                                                              1. Credential Harvesting Campaigns
                                                                                                                1. Financial Fraud Operations
                                                                                                                  1. Identity Theft Schemes
                                                                                                                2. Physical Disruption and Damage
                                                                                                                  1. Manipulating Actuators in IIoT/SCADA Systems
                                                                                                                    1. Motor Control Manipulation
                                                                                                                      1. Valve Position Changes
                                                                                                                        1. Sensor Reading Falsification
                                                                                                                        2. Causing Physical Malfunctions
                                                                                                                          1. Equipment Damage
                                                                                                                            1. Safety System Bypass
                                                                                                                              1. Process Disruption
                                                                                                                              2. Permanent Denial of Service (Bricking)
                                                                                                                                1. Firmware Corruption
                                                                                                                                  1. Bootloader Destruction
                                                                                                                                    1. Critical System File Deletion
                                                                                                                                      1. Configuration Corruption
                                                                                                                                      2. Hardware Damage
                                                                                                                                        1. Overclocking Attacks
                                                                                                                                          1. Power Supply Manipulation
                                                                                                                                            1. Component Overheating

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