Open AccessInternet Security Issues in Smart City Environment
Author(s) -
Zohaib Maqbool,
Raja Habib,
T. Aziz,
Asma Maqbool,
Oriba Altaf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of information technology and computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2709-5916
DOI - 10.48185/jitc.v1i1.49
Subject(s) - denial of service attack , internet of things , computer security , internet privacy , computer science , business , the internet , telecommunications , world wide web
The invention of IoT devices brings innovation to solve and control house hold devices. The demand of IoT devices like Google and Amazon Echo family has increased after their invention. New inventions may leave a lot of security flaws that must be resolved or addressed. Invention of IoT devices especially devices made for household become, pre vulnerable to many cyber-attacks leading to the leak of privacy. Recent literature revealed that IoT devices have both positive and negative sides. Leakage of privacy and protection lea people into troubles due to the Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.