Modelling the spread of mobile malware

International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Martin, Juil C ^a   Burge, Legand L ^a   Gill, Joseph I ^a   Washington, Alicia N ^a   Alfred, Marcus ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cabir; cyber terrorism; mobile malware; SIS epidemic model; Symbian; tipping point; Windows Mobile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864262276     PISSN: 17572657     EISSN: 17572665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAET.2010.029592     Document Type: Article

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