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A Monte Carlo method for the spread of mobile malware

Social and Information Networks 2015-12-07 v1 Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science

Abstract

A new model for the spread of mobile malware based on proximity (i.e. Bluetooth, ad-hoc WiFi or NFC) is introduced. The spread of malware is analyzed using a Monte Carlo method and the results of the simulation are compared with those from mean field theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1512.01263,
  title  = {A Monte Carlo method for the spread of mobile malware},
  author = {Alberto Berretti and Simone Ciccarone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.01263},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages, 2 figures

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