This is for UCAS Points/A Level qualification This website is quite good for info on the topic: https://blog.cloudflare.com/inside-mirai-the-infamous-iot-botnet-a-retrospective-analysis/
Here is the outline:
Title: How did the Mirai DDoS Botnet infect 600,000 + loT devices and lead to an explosion in Mirai Variants?
Questions:
What was Mirai?
What are the main targets for Mirai
How was it deployed and propagated in initial creation?
How were so many variants of Mirai created after release?
How was Mirai detected?
What protection (if any) was in place that failed?
What was the impact of the attack on victim’s of Mirai? What was the impact on Business?
How could an attach like this be prevented now?
How could an attack like this be prevented in future?
Very Important:-
Include a Timeline of the Propagation of Mirai Botnet and the relative defence actions as it happened.
Sample Solution