An impact review on internet of things attacks

The heterogeneity of devices that can seamlessly connect to each other and be attached to human beings has given birth to a new computing epitome referred to as the Internet of Things. The connectivity and scalability of such technological waves could be harnessed to improve service delivery in many application areas as revealed by recent studies on the Internet of Things' interoperability. However, for the envisaged benefits to be yielded from Internet of Things there are many security issues to be addressed, which range from application environments security concerns, connection technology inbuilt security issues, scalability and manageability issues. Given the increasing number of objects or “things” that can connect to each other unsupervised, the complexity of such a network is presenting a great concern both for the future internet's security and reliable operation. The focus of this paper was to review the impact of some of the attacks attributable to internet of things. A desktop review of work done under this area, using the qualitative methodology was employed. This research may contribute towards a roadmap for security design and future research on internet of things scalability. The deployment of future applications around Internet of Things may receive valuable insight as the nature of attacks and their perceived impacts will be unveiled and possible solutions could be developed around them.