Fundamental Scaling Laws of Covert DDoS Attacks

The Internet has become an indispensable commodity in the last several years. This achievement was parallel to the growth of sophistication that home networks have undergone, nowadays hosting a variety of devices such as PCs, tablets, mobile phones and specialized apparatus such as smart thermostats and other Internet of things (IoT) devices. While these devices offer users an array of services and conveniences, they come at the cost of increasing the attack surface of the home network.Because of the vulnerabilities of such devices, they have been increasingly used as the source of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.