BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2007-591
ENTRY:: June 26, 2007
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Dumbots: Unexpected Botnets through Networked Embedded Devices
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Baek, Kwang-Hyun
AUTHOR:: Bratus, Sergey
AUTHOR:: Sinclair, Sara
AUTHOR:: Smith, Sean W.
DATE:: May 2007
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR2007-591.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
Currently, work on botnets focuses primarily on PCs. However, as lightweight computing devices with
embedded operating systems become more ubiquitous, they present a new and very disturbing target
for botnet developers. In this paper, we present both an empirical demonstration on a widely deployed
multimedia box, as well as an evaluation of the deeper potential of these dumbots.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2007-591