On modeling malware propagation in generalized social networks

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-27

  Cheng, Shin Ming ^a   Ao, Weng Chon ^a   Chen, Pin Yu ^a   Chen, Kwang Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; malware propagation; proximity malware; social network

Indexed keywords

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;

EID: 79551680433     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2010.01.100830     Document Type: Article

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