Title :
Diversity Reduces the Impact of Malware
Author :
Hole, Kjell Jorgen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Abstract :
Many Internet networks have limited internal diversity, making them vulnerable to serious malware spreading. A proposed malware-halting technique that uses software diversity can halt infectious outbreaks on these networks.
Keywords :
Internet; computer crime; invasive software; Internet networks; infectious outbreaks; internal diversity; malware-halting technique; serious malware spreading; software diversity; Computational modeling; Malware; Mathematical model; Network topology; Peer-to-peer computing; Software development; advanced persistent threats; cyberattacks; cybersecurity; infectious malware; malware; malware halting; software diversity;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2013.48
