On the evolution and impact of mobile botnets in wireless networks

Z Lu, W Wang, C Wang - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A botnet in mobile networks is a collection of compromised nodes due to mobile malware,
which are able to perform coordinated attacks. Different from Internet botnets, mobile botnets …

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

Z Lu, W Wang, C Wang - IEEE INFOCOM 2014-IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A botnet in mobile networks is a collection of compromised nodes due to mobile malware,
which are able to perform coordinated attacks. Different from Internet botnets, mobile botnets …

A stochastic adaptive model to explore mobile botnet dynamics

AA Santos, M Nogueira… - IEEE Communications …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile botnets have proliferated with the popularization of mobile and portable devices,
being a simple and powerful method to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks …

Modelling the spread of botnet malware in IoT‐based wireless sensor networks

D Acarali, M Rajarajan, N Komninos… - Security and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The propagation approach of a botnet largely dictates its formation, establishing a
foundation of bots for future exploitation. The chosen propagation method determines the …

EpiNet: a simulation framework to study the spread of malware in wireless networks

K Channakeshava, D Chafekar, K Bisset… - 2nd International ICST …, 2010 - eudl.eu
We describe a modeling framework to study the spread of malware over realistic wireless
networks. We develop (i) methods for generating synthetic, yet realistic wireless networks …

Stochastic modeling of IoT botnet spread: A short survey on mobile malware spread modeling

A Mahboubi, S Camtepe, K Ansari - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being widely deployed and have been targeted and
victimized by malware attacks. The mathematical modelling for an accurate prediction of …

Modelling botnet propagation in networks with layered defences

D Acarali, M Rajarajan… - … Symposium on Networks …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Botnets are still a pertinent threat to our digital infrastructure and a central topic for study in
the cyber-research community. At the start of a botnet's life, the aim of the botmaster is to …

The SIC botnet lifecycle model: A step beyond traditional epidemiological models

M Khosroshahy, MKM Ali, D Qiu - Computer Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
Botnets, overlay networks built by cyber criminals from numerous compromised network-
accessible devices, have become a pressing security concern in the Internet world …

Maximum damage malware attack in mobile wireless networks

MHR Khouzani, S Sarkar… - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Malware attacks constitute a serious security risk that threatens to slow down the large-scale
proliferation of wireless applications. As a first step toward thwarting this security threat, we …

New facets of mobile botnet: architecture and evaluation

M Anagnostopoulos, G Kambourakis… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
It is without a doubt that botnets pose a growing threat to the Internet, with DDoS attacks of
any kind carried out by botnets to be on the rise. Nowadays, botmasters rely on advanced …