IoTPOT: Analysing the Rise of IoT Compromises

Authors: 

Yin Minn Pa Pa, Shogo Suzuki, Katsunari Yoshioka, and Tsutomu Matsumoto, Yokohama National University; Takahiro Kasama, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Christian Rossow, Saarland University

Abstract: 

We analyze the increasing threats against IoT devices. We show that Telnet-based attacks that target IoT devices have rocketed since 2014. Based on this observation, we propose an IoT honeypot and sandbox, which attracts and analyzes Telnet-based attacks against various IoT devices running on different CPU architectures such as ARM, MIPS, and PPC. By analyzing the observation results of our honeypot and captured malware samples, we show that there are currently at least 4 distinct DDoS malware families targeting Telnet-enabled IoT devices and one of the families has quickly evolved to target more devices with as many as 9 different CPU architectures.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {191952,
author = {Yin Minn Pa Pa and Shogo Suzuki and Katsunari Yoshioka and Tsutomu Matsumoto and Takahiro Kasama and Christian Rossow},
title = {{IoTPOT}: Analysing the Rise of {IoT} Compromises},
booktitle = {9th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT 15)},
year = {2015},
address = {Washington, D.C.},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot15/workshop-program/presentation/pa},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug,
}
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