Modelling the malware propagation in mobile computer devices. Issue 79 (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Signes-Pont, María Teresa; Cortés-Castillo, Antonio; Mora-Mora, Higinio; Szymanski, Julian
• Is Part Of: Computers & security. Issue 79(2018)
• Page Start: 80
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: Epidemic model -- Malware propagation -- Mobile devices -- Local rules -- Von Neumann neighbourhood -- Moore neighbourhood; Computer security -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing departments -- Security measures -- Periodicals; 005.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2018.08.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-4048

Abstract

Abstract: Nowadays malware is a major threat to the security of cyber activities. The rapid development of the Internet and the progressive implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) increase the security needs of networks. This research presents a theoretical model of malware propagation for mobile computer devices. It is based on the susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered-susceptible (SEIRS) epidemic model. The scheme is based on a concrete connection pattern between nodes defined by both a particular neighbourhood which fixes the connection between devices, and a local rule which sets whether the link is infective or not. The results corroborate the ability of our model to perform the behaviour patterns provided by the ordinary differential equation (ODE) traditional method.