Abstract
"Although computer viruses cause tremendous economic loss, defense mechanisms fail to adapt to their rapid evolution. Previous immunization strategies have been characterized as being static and centralized, which has made virus containment difficult or even impossible. We suggest, instead, to propagate the immunization agent as an epidemic.The main problem with epidemic vaccine propagation is that it is bound to lag behind the virus. We suggest to give the vaccine an advantage over the virus by allowing it to leapfrog through a separate, overlapping, partially correlated network. This enables the anti-virus to contain the epidemic efficiently. We systemize this concept with a 'honey pots' architecture which achieves both early virus discovery and rapid immune disseminon. We present analytic, as well as simulation, results for a set of realistic topologies that illustrate the effectiveness of this approach."
For the full paper, check out December issue of Nature Physics
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