Examining Effectiveness of Web-Based Internet of Things Honeypots

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at an alarming rate. It is estimated that there will be over 25 billion IoT devices by 2020. The simplicity of their function usually means that IoT devices have low processing power, which prevent them from having intricate security features, leading to vulnerabilities for attackers. Honeyd is popular open-source software written by Niels Provos that creates low-interaction virtual honeypots. It is able to simulate everything on the network level, allow the user to create various Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) services, and allow Operating System (OS) simulation for scanning tools such as Nmap. Three IoT devices are simulated in Honeyd: a TITAThink camera, a Proliphix thermostat, and an ezOutlet2 power outlet. The common theme among all the devices is that that they utilize the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to display their information to the user. This research seeks to determine if Honeyd is capable of producing convincing web based IoT honeypots.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1076440

Entities

People

  • Lukas A. Stafira

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Internet
  • Internet Of Things
  • Intrusion Detectors
  • Local Area Networks
  • Mobile Application Software
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Area Networks
  • Scripting Languages
  • Shell Scripts
  • Transport Protocols
  • Wearable Technology
  • Web Browsers
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Cybersecurity.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things