Cyberscurity Threats and Defense Mechanisms in IoT network

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00556v1
• Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2026 04:06:03 GMT
• Title: Cyberscurity Threats and Defense Mechanisms in IoT network
• Authors: Trung Dao, Minh Nguyen, Son Do, Hoang Tran,
• Abstract summary: The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things technologies, projected to exceed 30 billion interconnected devices by 2030, has significantly escalated the complexity of cybersecurity challenges.<n>This survey aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, threats, and defense mechanisms, focusing on the integration of network and application layers within real-time monitoring and decision-making systems.
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• Abstract: The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, projected to exceed 30 billion interconnected devices by 2030, has significantly escalated the complexity of cybersecurity challenges. This survey aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, threats, and defense mechanisms, specifically focusing on the integration of network and application layers within real-time monitoring and decision-making systems. Employing an integrative review methodology, 59 scholarly articles published between 2009 and 2024 were selected from databases such as IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, and PubMed, utilizing keywords related to IoT vulnerabilities and security attacks. Key findings identify critical threat categories, including sensor vulnerabilities, Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, and public cloud insecurity. Conversely, the study highlights advanced defense approaches leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for anomaly detection, Blockchain for decentralized trust, and Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) for continuous verification. This paper contributes a novel five-layer IoT model and outlines future research directions involving quantum computing and 6G networks to bolster IoT ecosystem resilience.

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