How can botnets cause storms? Understanding the evolution and impact of mobile botnets

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1501-1509

  Lu, Zhuo ^a   Wang, Wenye ^a   Wang, Cliff ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS;

COMPROMISED NODES; COORDINATED ATTACK; DENIAL OF SERVICE; EPIDEMIC MODELING; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; NETWORK BANDWIDTH; QUADRATIC GROWTH; STOCHASTIC APPROACH;

MALWARE;

EID: 84904439253     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2014.6848085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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