Abstract. The availability of reliable models of computer virus propagation would prove useful in a number of ways, in order both to predict future threats, and to develop new cont...
On the evening of 2 November 1988, someone “infected” the Internet with a worm program. That program exploited flaws in utility programs in systems based on BSD-derived versi...
After the Code Red incident in 2001 and the SQL Slammer in January 2003, it is clear that a simple self-propagating worm can quickly spread across the Internet, infects most vulne...
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...
Internet-scale security incidents are becoming increasingly common, and the researchers need tools to replicate and study them in a controlled setting. Current network simulators,...