Predation and the cost of replication: New approaches to malware prevention?

Computers and Security

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Ford, Richard ^a   Bush, Mark ^a   Bulatov, Alexander ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malicious code; Monte Carlo; Simulation; Virus; Worm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONNOTATIONS; BIOLOGICAL METAPHORS; COST OF PREDATION; MALICIOUS CODE; MONTE CARLO;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORMS; COST ACCOUNTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SECURITY OF DATA;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 33744992032     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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