Attackers can use IoT-botnets (botnets, including devices from the "Internet of things") as a platform for large-scale, catastrophic attacks that can destroy the Internet itself.

In an information security report for the first half of 2017, Cisco experts point to the spread of a new type of threat - a "disruption of service" (Deos), which can destroy backups and safety net systems needed by organizations for Recovery of systems and data after an attack. With the advent of the Internet of things (Internet of Things, IoT), more operations in key industries are being switched online, which expands the horizon of attacks, increases their scale and exacerbates the consequences, the researchers note..

"Attackers are developing well-designed attacks designed to disrupt the functioning of companies, both large and small enterprises.

They know that businesses do not have a backup plan to restore IT and OT from scratch, and they use this vulnerability in their own interests, "the report says..

Analysts did not provide details about the nature of DeOS-attacks. "We can be sure that the development of the" Internet of things "and its billions of devices and systems, in which there are many vulnerabilities, will play a central role in the emergence of campaigns with increasing consequences," analysts say..