@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR2007-591, author = {Kwang-Hyun Baek and Sergey Bratus and Sara Sinclair and Sean W. Smith}, title = {{Dumbots: Unexpected Botnets through Networked Embedded Devices}}, institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science}, address = {Hanover, NH}, number = {TR2007-591}, year = {2007}, month = {May}, URL = {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. } }