Lamarckian viral defense in worms

Defense and Detection Strategies against Internet Worms

1 Encounter - based worms : Analysis and Defense

An encounter-based network is a frequently-disconnected wireless ad-hoc network requiring immediate neighbors to store and forward aggregated data for information disseminations. Using traditional approaches such as gateways or firewalls to deter worm propagation in encounter-based networks is inappropriate. We propose a worm interaction approach that relies upon automated beneficial worm gener...

Internet Worms: Threats, Attacks and Defense Mechanisms

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Automatic Defense Against Zero-day Polymorphic Worms in Communication Networks

An Automated Defense System to Counter Internet Worms

Our society is highly dependent on network services such as the Web, email, and collaborative P2P enterprise applications. But what if such infrastructures were suddenly torn down? Both past incidents and research studies show that a well-engineered Internet worm can accomplish such a task in a fairly simple way and, most notably, in a matter of a few minutes. This clearly rules out the possibi...