Internet of Things as an attack vector to critical infrastructures of cities

Abstract

Today, telecommunication architectures and computer centers are focused on information security. However, the new components of these architectures, Internet of Things devices, require a evaluation of the impact on the security of the system that differs from traditional devices. In this work, we evaluate a secure architecture, in which the attack vector is the operating system of the IoT devices. Our work, evaluated in a controlled environment, shows how we can violate all the controls and degenerate a synchronized attack from these devices towards a critical infrastructure of a city.