Worms
Simulating Network Worms
This paper describes the design and use of a framework in which to simulate network worms. Includes examples of simulations of most network worms (ADM, Code Red I vs Code ...
Document added on June 2, 2011Internet Worms: Walking on Unstable Ground
Each day, worms are becoming a more common occurrence on the Internet, as the incidents increase, we must be thinking proactively in order to lessen the negative effects these worms ...
Document added on June 14, 2011Mass-Mailing Worms: Prevention, Detection and Response (A Case Study)
In this paper I describe the approaches to mass-mailing worm prevention, detection, and incident response that I have developed and used on a large university network. The prevention strategy has ...
Document added on April 27, 2011KLEZ.H: From Propagation to Prevention
This study reviews the properties of the Klez.H worm, key findings from a set of infection experiments, and some of the network security tools needed to detect Klez.H infection. Both ...
Document added on Jan. 16, 2011Overview of the Slapper worm
Slapper (specifically SlapperA) is an internet worm that attacks Apache web servers running on any one of a number of Linux operating system distributions on Intel platforms. The worm is ...
Document added on April 19, 2011Worms don't care who you are
Worms don't care who you are, whether you are a major financial institution or just a home user, if you have a system connected to the Internet you are at ...
Document added on April 10, 2011Nimda Worm - Why is it Different?
This paper will examine the Nimda worm to identify what makes it different from other types of malicious code. It will then present the current fixes available for the worm ...
Document added on April 25, 2011Overview of Nimda
September 18th, 2001 was my first encounter with Nimda along with many other people, in this paper I describe my initial thoughts and reactions to this. I was researching a ...
Document added on Jan. 13, 2011The Nimda Worm: An Overview
The goal of this paper is to review how Nimda propagates, focus on the initial vulnerabilities it exploits to enter an organization, and what preparations could have been done to ...
Document added on May 30, 2011Code Red: The One to Not
On July 19, 2001 a worm propagated itself through the Internet to infect over 250,000 computers in an unheralded nine hours, causing a flood of data that slowed the Internet ...
Document added on March 31, 2011