Optimal killing of nodes in a wireless malware outbreak
M. H. R. Khouzani, Saswati S. Sarkar, Eitan Altman · 2010
Malware - malicious self-replicating codes - constitute a considerable threat to the wireless computing infrastructure. Malware can be used to launch other attacks, less intrusively, violating the confidentiality or privacy, such as traffic analysis and eavesdropping. More intrusive methods may disrupt the nodes normal functions such as relaying data and establishing end-to-end routes (e.g., sinkhole attacks), or even alter the network traffic and hence destroy the integrity of the information, such as unauthorized access and session hijacking attacks.