An encounter-based network is a frequently-disconnected wireless ad-hoc network requiring nearby neighbors to store and forward data utilizing mobility and encounters over time. U...
Worms are self-replicating malicious programs that represent a major security threat for the Internet, as they can infect and damage a large number of vulnerable hosts at timescal...
File-sharing worms have been terrorizing Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems in recent years. Existing defenses relying on users’ individual recoveries or limiting users’ file-sharing ...
Network worms are a clear and growing threat to the security of today's Internet-connected hosts and networks. The combination of the Internet's unrestricted connectivit...
Sumeet Singh, Cristian Estan, George Varghese, Ste...
We give the first systematic investigation of the design space of worm defense system strategies. We accomplish this by g a taxonomy of defense strategies by abstracting away impl...
David Brumley, Li-Hao Liu, Pongsin Poosankam, Dawn...