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Titolo
Advanced malware propagation on random complex networks
Autor(es)
Soggetto
Malware propagation
Random complex network
Individual-based model
Cellular automata
Advanced persistent threats (APTs)
Fecha de publicación
2021
Editore
Elsevier
Resumen
[EN]In this work a novel model to simulate advanced malware spreading is introduced and analyzed. It is an individual-based model such that the dynamics of the malware outbreak is governed by means of a cellular automaton. The network topologies considered are complex random networks and each device is endowed at every step of time with one of the following possible states: susceptible, infected, attacked and recovered. A study analyzing the influence of topology variability and the structural characteristics of initially infected devices is done.
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ISSN
0925-2312
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