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Attack and Anomaly Detection in IoT Networks using Machine Learning Techniques: A Review

Saad Hikmat Haji, Siddeeq Y. Ameen

Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science · pp. 30–46 · Published 2 Jun 2021

10.9734/ajrcos/2021/v9i230218

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of today's most rapidly growing technologies. It is a technology that allows billions of smart devices or objects known as "Things" to collect different types of data about themselves and their surroundings using various sensors. They may then share it with the authorized parties for various purposes, including controlling and monitoring industrial services or increasing business services or functions. However, the Internet of Things currently faces more security threats than ever before. Machine Learning (ML) has observed a critical technological breakthrough, which has opened several new research avenues to solve current and future IoT challenges. However, Machine Learning is a powerful technology to identify threats and suspected activities in intelligent devices and networks. In this paper, various ML algorithms have been compared in terms of attack detection and anomaly detection, following a thorough literature review on Machine Learning methods and the significance of IoT security in the context of various types of potential attacks. Furthermore, possible ML-based IoT protection technologies have been introduced.

Internet of Things (IoT) IoT attack machine learning anomaly detection

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