My SmartHome Took Down Your Website: The IoT CyberWar

Presented at Black Hat Europe 2017, Dec. 7, 2017, 12:15 p.m. (25 minutes).

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are one of the biggest headaches for website owners and Internet infrastructure operators alike. The coming IoT CyberWar against the Internet and the Domain Name System (DNS) is going to be launched from millions of webcams, lightbulbs, toilet seats and smart thermostats, all networked inside your home and running on high bandwidth. We show how the IoT CyberWar is poised to overcome known defense mechanisms, and wreak a path of havoc and destruction never before seen. IoT based DDoS could be the Armageddon we all have been hoping against.


Presenters:

  • Ram Mohan - Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Afilias
    Ram Mohan is the Executive Vice President and CTO of Afilias, one of the world’s largest internet infrastructure providers. In his 25 years of experience in technology, leadership and entrepreneurship, Ram has faced off against botnet herders, spear phishers and ransomware vendors on behalf of Afilias’ gTLD and ccTLDs.

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