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Worms are a key vector of computer attacks that produce great damage of enterprise networks. Little is known about either the effect of host and network configuration factors influencing worm infection or the approach to predict the number of infected hosts. In this paper we present the results of real worm attacks to determine the factors influencing worm infection, and to propose the prediction model of worm damage. Significant factors are extracted from host and network configuration: openness, homogeneity, and trust. Based on these different factors, fuzzy decision is used to produce the accurate prediction of worm damage. The contribution of this work is to understand the effect of factors and the risk level of infection for preparing the protection, responsiveness, and containment to lessen the damage that may occur. Experimental results show that the selected parameters are strongly correlated with actual infection, and the proposed model produces accurate estimates.
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Kanlayasiri, U., Sanguanpong, S. (2006). Key Factors Influencing Worm Infection in Enterprise Networks. In: Song, JS., Kwon, T., Yung, M. (eds) Information Security Applications. WISA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3786. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11604938_5
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