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Mathematical Models for Malware Propagation in Wireless Sensor Networks: An Analysis

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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a fundamental part of many emerging ICT scenarios, and, consequently, there are several security threats to which they are exposed. In recent years, malware propagation has gained special attention due to the resource improvements of sensor nodes of WSNs. The main goal of this work is to perform an analysis of the mathematical models proposed in the scientific literature by focusing the attention on network models. From this study, some suggestions in order to design efficient mathematical models for malware propagation in WSNs are proposed.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the anonymous referees for their valuable suggestions and comments. This work has been supported by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) and the European Union through FEDER funds under grants TIN2014-55325-C2-1-R, TIN2014-55325-C2-2-R, and MTM2015-69138-REDT.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    A. Martín del Rey

  2. Dept. Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, E.T.S.Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, Málaga, Spain

    A. Peinado

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del Rey, A.M., Peinado, A. (2018). Mathematical Models for Malware Propagation in Wireless Sensor Networks: An Analysis. In: Daimi, K. (eds) Computer and Network Security Essentials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58424-9_17

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