Mathematical modeling of the propagation of malware: a review

AM del Rey - Security and Communication Networks, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the present work, we offer a critical review of the mathematical models that have been
proposed to date to simulate malware propagation in a network of computers or mobile …

Co-FAIS: cooperative fuzzy artificial immune system for detecting intrusion in wireless sensor networks

S Shamshirband, NB Anuar, MLM Kiah… - Journal of Network and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Due to the distributed nature of Denial-of-Service attacks, it is tremendously challenging to
identify such malicious behavior using traditional intrusion detection systems in Wireless …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of patch forwarding on the prevalence of computer virus: a theoretical assessment approach

LX Yang, X Yang, Y Wu - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Virus patches can be disseminated rapidly through computer networks and take effect as
soon as they have been installed, which significantly enhances their virus-containing …

A propagation model of computer virus with nonlinear vaccination probability

C Gan, X Yang, W Liu, Q Zhu - Communications in nonlinear science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper is intended to examine the effect of vaccination on the spread of computer
viruses. For that purpose, a novel computer virus propagation model, which incorporates a …

The optimal dynamic immunization under a controlled heterogeneous node-based SIRS model

LX Yang, M Draief, X Yang - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dynamic immunizations, under which the state of the propagation network of electronic
viruses can be changed by adjusting the control measures, are regarded as an alternative to …

On the network suppression of the pathogen spread within the healthcare system

MJ Piotrowska, A Puchalska, K Sakowski - Applied Mathematics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the paper, we describe the transfer of patients in the healthcare system by SIS-type
equations coupled by impulses at fixed times. The first aim for these considerations is to …

Dynamic malware containment under an epidemic model with alert

T Zhang, LX Yang, X Yang, Y Wu, YY Tang - Physica A: Statistical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alerting at the early stage of malware invasion turns out to be an important complement to
malware detection and elimination. This paper addresses the issue of how to dynamically …

An epidemic model of computer worms with time delay and variable infection rate

Y Yao, Q Fu, W Yang, Y Wang… - Security and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid development of Internet, network security issues become increasingly serious.
Temporary patches have been put on the infectious hosts, which may lose efficacy on …

The effect of infected external computers on the spread of viruses: a compartment modeling study

LX Yang, X Yang - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2013 - Elsevier
Inevitably, there exist infected computers outside of the Internet. This paper aims to
understand how infected external computers affect the spread of computer viruses. For that …

On the optimal dynamic control strategy of disruptive computer virus

J Bi, X Yang, Y Wu, Q Xiong, J Wen… - Discrete Dynamics in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Disruptive computer viruses have inflicted huge economic losses. This paper addresses the
development of a cost‐effective dynamic control strategy of disruptive viruses. First, the …