The Mirai botnet, composed primarily of embedded and IoT devices, took the Internet by storm in...

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The Mirai botnet, composed primarily of embedded and IoT devices, took the Internet by storm in late 2016 when it overwhelmed several high-profile targets with massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Critically analyse and report: a. Attack mechanism b. Implication to the victim services c. Available prevention mechanism Of the following cyber-security attacks: • Mirai attack on IoT network 2. Consider a scenario in which Mirai attack will compromise the business entity. How would it affect the business? 3. If you were to recommend a preventative system against the Mirai attacks, how would you advise your client? The Mirai botnet, composed primarily of embedded and IoT devices, took the Internet by storm in late 2016 when it overwhelmed several high-profile targets with massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Critically analyse and report: a. Attack mechanism b. Implication to the victim services c. Available prevention mechanism Of the following cyber-security attacks: • Mirai attack on IoT network 2. Consider a scenario in which Mirai attack will compromise the business entity. How would it affect the business? 3. If you were to recommend a preventative system against the Mirai attacks, how would you advise your client?

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a Attack Mechanism The Mirai botnet exploited vulnerable IoT devices by using a combination of techn... View the full answer