Advanced malware propagation on random complex networks

Abstract In this work a novel model to simulate advanced malware spreading is introduced and analyzed. It is an individual-based model such that the dynamics of the malware outbreak is governed by means of a cellular automaton. The network topologies considered are complex random networks and each device is endowed at every step of time with one of the following possible states: susceptible, infected, attacked and recovered. A study analyzing the influence of topology variability and the structural characteristics of initially infected devices is done.

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