Slowing the spread of Bluetooth-based malware in mobile tactical networks
Brian Thompson, James R. Morris-King, Richard Harang · 2016
Cyber-attacks in mobile tactical networks are increasingly being recognized as a threat to mission assurance and tactical capability. Some recent cyber-attacks have exploited short-range radio communication such as Bluetooth to propagate malware, thereby circumventing traditional cyber network defenses and evading detection. The spread of such self-propagating malware in mobile tactical networks is strongly impacted by the spatio-temporal properties of networked devices. In this paper, we use a hierarchical model to represent the coordinated, structured movement of military units, and evaluate the effectiveness of several defensive strategies in slowing the spread of Bluetooth-based malware using agent-based simulation.