Paper Title
Mirai Botnet – An Insider Threat

Abstract
In the past decade there have been quite a handful innovations and with growing interest in the potential of IoT and connected things, attackers have found opportunities to exploit these devices. New malware and botnets (i.e. a network of interconnected devices or robots which are controlled by an attacker through a Command and Control (C&C) server) are being specifically built to target IoT devices. BASHLITE was one such early malware used to infect IoT devices. Another malicious software is known as Mirai. Mirai is perhaps the most famous IoT botnet used to create distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with record breaking traffic peaks (reported up to 1 Tbits). In September 2016 Mirai was used to create huge botnets which simultaneously attacked high profile web sites and service providers. This paper will focus on a particularly widespread piece of IoT malware known as the Mirai botnet by examining what its capabilities are, how it spreads to new devices, the impact that it has already had, and propose mitigation solutions to help prevent future attacks. A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY…..MIRAI! Keywords - Internet of Things (IoT), Botnets, Malware, Mirai Analysis, Ports