Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack Using COOJA Network Simulator

Abstract

The revolution in Internet of Things (IoT) technology has carried the astonishing ability to interconnect various devices that are traditionally known as “dumb” devices. On the contrary side, it has also welcomed hazard of billions of unprotected and easily hackable devices. These unexpected flooding of newly added vulnerable devices has welcomed unsought threats like distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In this paper, a brief introduction of the IoT has been given, and broader categories of DDoS attacks have been explained. This paper is mainly focused on various types of DDoS attacks which are done in the recent era and chance to make unwanted damage in nearby future. At the end of paper, DDoS attack is implemented using Contiki operating system-based Cooja network simulator. Care must be taken till a strong intrusion detection system or any other technique is developed for the IoT-based network.