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SISR – A New Model for Epidemic Spreading of Electronic Threats

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Information Security (ISC 2009)

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Epidemic spreading in complex networks has received much attention in recent years. Previous research identified a propagation scenario of electronic threats which has not been described by any of the existing analytical models. In this scenario an infected node instead of being removed contributes to the infection spreading upon the reinfection attempt (for example, Sober, Sobig, and Mydoom Worms). In this paper we formally define and describe analytically a new model, Susceptible-Infected-Suspended-Reinfected (SISR), which complies with this scenario of epidemic spreading in both homogeneous and complex networks. We then evaluate the model by comparing it to the SIR model and by comparing its estimations with simulation results.

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  1. Deutche Telekom Laboratories at BGU, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel

    Boris Rozenberg, Ehud Gudes & Yuval Elovici

  2. Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel

    Boris Rozenberg & Ehud Gudes

  3. Department of Information System Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel

    Yuval Elovici

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  1. Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell’ Informazione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Bramante 65, 26013, Crema, (CR), Italy

    Pierangela Samarati

  2. Computer Science Department, Google Inc. and Columbia University, Room 464, S.W. Mudd Building, 10027, New York, NY, USA

    Moti Yung

  3. Information Security Group, Pisa Research Area, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica - IIT Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - C.N.R., Via. G. Moruzzi 1, 56125, Pisa, Italy

    Fabio Martinelli

  4. Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Bramante, 65, 26013, Crema, (CR), Italy

    Claudio A. Ardagna

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Rozenberg, B., Gudes, E., Elovici, Y. (2009). SISR – A New Model for Epidemic Spreading of Electronic Threats. In: Samarati, P., Yung, M., Martinelli, F., Ardagna, C.A. (eds) Information Security. ISC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5735. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04474-8_20

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