DocumentCode
3349153
Title
Malware propagation in Online Social Networks
Author
Faghani, M.R. ; Saidi, Hossein
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Isfahan Univ. of Technol., Isfahan, Iran
fYear
2009
fDate
13-14 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
8
Lastpage
14
Abstract
Online social networks are communities of people who share common interests. These types of networks are used by millions of people around the world. The massive adoption of this service among users has made it a popular mean for malicious activities. The aim of this paper is to identify the parameters which are related to malware propagation in online social networks. To do this, we first construct a sample network based on the features of online social networks and then we examine the effect of parameters that could affect the speed of malware propagation.
Keywords
invasive software; social networking (online); malicious activities; malware propagation; online social networks; Koobface; Social networks; XSS worms;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Malicious and Unwanted Software (MALWARE), 2009 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5786-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MALWARE.2009.5403023
Filename
5403023
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