On Modeling Malware Propagation in Generalized Social Networks
Journal
IEEE Communications Letters
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
1
Pages
25-27
Date Issued
2011-01
Author(s)
Abstract
A hybrid malware on smart phones can be propagated by both end-to-end messaging services via personal social communications and short-range wireless communication services via spatial social interactions. Inspired from epidemiology, we propose a novel differential equation-based model to analyze the mixed behaviors of delocalized infection and ripple-based propagation for the hybrid malware in generalized social networks consisting of personal and spatial social relations. Validated by simulations, our model serves as the very first analytical model successfully approximating the complicated propagation behaviors of the hybrid malware. © 2011 IEEE.
Subjects
Epidemiology; malware propagation; proximity malware; social network
Other Subjects
Analytical model; Malware propagation; Malwares; Messaging services; Propagation behavior; proximity malware; Short-range wireless communications; Smart phones; Social interactions; Social Networks; Social relations; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Diseases; Epidemiology; Mathematical models; Social networking (online); Wireless telecommunication systems; Computer crime
Type
journal article