Systematic Literature Review on IoT-Based Botnet Attack

Ihsan Ali; Abdelmuttlib Ibrahim Abdalla Ahmed; Ahmad Almogren; Muhammad Ahsan Raza; Syed Attique Shah; Anwar Khan; Abdullah Gani

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3039985

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Systematic Literature Review on IoT-Based Botnet Attack

Ihsan Ali,
Abdelmuttlib Ibrahim Abdalla Ahmed,
Ahmad Almogren,
Muhammad Ahsan Raza,
Syed Attique Shah,
Anwar Khan,
Abdullah Gani

Affiliations

Ihsan Ali: ORCiD; Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abdelmuttlib Ibrahim Abdalla Ahmed: ORCiD; Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ahmad Almogren: ORCiD; Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Chair of Cyber Security, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Ahsan Raza: ORCiD; Department of Information Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Syed Attique Shah: ORCiD; Department of Computer Science, Balochistan University of IT, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan
Anwar Khan: ORCiD; Department of Electronics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
Abdullah Gani: Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3039985
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 212220 – 212232

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The adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology is expanding exponentially because of its capability to provide a better service. This technology has been successfully implemented on various devices. The growth of IoT devices is massive at present. However, security is becoming a major challenge with this growth. Attacks, such as IoT-based botnet attacks, are becoming frequent and have become popular amongst attackers.IoT has a resource constraint and heterogeneous environments, such as low computational power and memory. Hence, these constraints create problems in implementing a security solution in IoT devices. Therefore, various kind of attacks are possible due to this vulnerability, with IoT-based botnet attack being one of the most popular.In this study, we conducted a comprehensive systematic literature review on IoT-based botnet attacks. Existing state of the art in the area of study was presented and discussed in detail. A systematic methodology was adopted to ensure the coverage of all important studies. This methodology was detailed and repeatable. The review outlined the existing proposed contributions, datasets utilised, network forensic methods utilised and research focus of the primary selected studies. The demographic characteristics of primary studies were also outlined.The result of this review revealed that research in this domain is gaining momentum, particularly in the last 3 years (2018-2020). Nine key contributions were also identified, with Evaluation, System, and Model being the most conducted.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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