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Cyber Security and the Internet of Things: Vulnerabilities, Threats, Intruders and Attacks Mohamed Abomhara and Geir M. Køien Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Norway Corresponding Authors: {Mohamed.abomhara; geir.koien}@uia.no Received 14 September 2014; Accepted 17 April 2015; Publication 22 May 2015 Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) devices are rapidly becoming ubiquitous while IoT services are becoming pervasive. Their success has not gone unnoticed and the number of threats and attacks against IoT devices and services are on the increase as well. Cyber-attacks are not new to IoT, but as IoT will be deeply interwoven in our lives and societies, it is becoming necessary to step up and take cyber defense seriously. Hence, there is a real need to secure IoT, which has consequently resulted in a need to comprehensively understand the threats and attacks on IoT infrastructure. This paper is an attempt to classify threat types, besides analyze and characterize intruders and attacks facing IoT devices and services. Keywords: Internet of Things, Cyber-attack, Security threats. 1 Introduction The recent rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) [1, 2] and its ability to offer different types of services have made it the fastest growing technology, with huge impact on social life and business environments. IoT has Journal of Cyber Security, Vol. 4, 65–88. doi: 10.13052/jcsm2245-1439.414 c 2015 River Publishers. All rights reserved.