Securing the IoT Application Layer From an MQTT Protocol Perspective: Challenges and Research Prospects. - Sujitha Lakshminarayana; Amit Praseed; P. Santhi Thilagam (IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials, 2024)

Next-Generation DDoS Attacks on IoT Deployments: Targeting the Advanced Features of MQTT v5.0 Protocol. - Sujitha Lakshminarayana; P. Santhi Thilagam (IEEE Internet Things J., 2025)