WiFi networks and malware epidemiology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1318-1323

  Hu, Hao ^a,b   Myers, Steven ^b   Colizza, Vittoria ^c   Vespignani, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer security; Epidemic spreading; Wireless routers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; COMPUTER SECURITY; INTERNET; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SECURITY; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 60849108674     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811973106     Document Type: Article

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