The “worm” programs—early experience with a distributed computation

Shoch, John F.; Hupp, Jon A.

doi:10.1145/102616.102636

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“…Science fiction also gave birth to 'Worm', this name was first used by John Brunner who wrote the novel 'Shockwave Rider' to depict a program that broadcasts itself on a network. But Shoch says he was the first to introduce the term in the academia [11].…”

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Taxonomy of malware detection techniques: A systematic literature review

Deylami

Muniyandi

Ardekani

et al. 2016

2016 14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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Malware is an international software disease. Research shows that the effect of malware is becoming chronic. To protect against malware detectors are fundamental to the industry. The effectiveness of such detectors depends on the technology used. Therefore, it is paramount that the advantages and disadvantages of each type of technology are scrutinized analytically. This study's aim is to scrutinize existing publications on this subject and to follow the trend that has taken place in the advancement and development with reference to the amount of information and sources of such literature. Many of the malware programs are huge and complicated and it is not easy to comprehend the details. Dissemination of malware information among users of the Internet and also training them to correctly use anti-malware products are crucial to protecting users from the malware onslaught. This paper will provide an exhaustive bibliography of methods to assist in combating malware.

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Section: Othersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taxonomy of malware detection techniques: A systematic literature review

Deylami

Muniyandi

Ardekani

et al. 2016

2016 14th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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“…Sensitive data had to be protected in transit, and nodes on the Internet had to be shielded from unwelcome access. Worms and viruses, first discussed in research papers20, 21 became real security challenges.…”

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Gollmann

2010

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Computer security encompasses concepts and methods for protecting sensitive resources in computer systems. Computer security starts from the policies that regulate access to protected resources. In technology, the focus is on mechanisms for enforcing these policies. We will put various enforcement mechanisms into context with the policies and the IT architectures they were originally designed for. We will also briefly touch on network security and conclude with remarks on security evaluation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This article is categorized under: Algorithms and Computational Methods > Networks and Security

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“…A worm is defined as "a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across networks, typically having a detrimental effect." 1 A worm begins as a single program running on an initial machine. The worm will then use the available network connections to propagate a copy of itself to other machines on the network.…”

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“…A virus is defined as "code that replicates a possibly evolved copy of itself." 1 Clearly, a worm is a subcategory of a virus. A virus is more general than a worm in several key ways.…”

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“…The first step towards realization of such a program, accomplished by researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center [1], was a program designed to simply search a network for idle computers. It was recognized from the beginning that a major issue in creating a worm was the ability to control the spread of the worm once it was unleashed.…”

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The use of heuristics in identifying self-propagating malicious mobile code

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Self-propagating malicious mobile code, or worms, has become a major threat to modern computer systems. As these types of viruses thrive in a networked computing environment, they have exploded in popularity in recent years. Modern defenses have proved inadequate in protecting computer systems from the worm threat. The most often used remedy is a signature-based detection system that scans each incoming network packet for the presence of a signature identifying a specific worm. As a new worm or variant of an existing worm is released, this signature set must be updated to include definitions for the new worm or variant. In this thesis we propose a heuristic-based system for worm detection. This system should be able to detect many different worms and worm variants using only a small heuristic set. The use of heuristics also should eliminate the need to update the rule set as new worms or worm variants are released.

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The “worm” programs—early experience with a distributed computation

Cited by 11 publications

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Taxonomy of malware detection techniques: A systematic literature review

Taxonomy of malware detection techniques: A systematic literature review

Computer security

The use of heuristics in identifying self-propagating malicious mobile code

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