Virus propagation modeling in Facebook

W. Fan; K. H. Yeung

doi:10.1109/ASONAM.2010.22

Virus propagation modeling in Facebook

W. Fan, K. H. Yeung

Department of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Online social network services have attracted more and more users in recent years. So the security in social networks becomes a critical problem. In this paper, we propose a virus model based on the application network of Facebook, which is the most popular among these social network service providers. We also model the virus propagation with an email virus model and compare the behaviors of virus spreading in Facebook and email network. We find that while Facebook provides a platform for application developers, it also provides the same chance for virus spreading. And virus will spread faster in Facebook network if users of Facebook spend more time on it for entertainment. © 2010 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010
Pages	331-335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2010.22
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010 - Odense, Denmark Duration: 9 Aug 2010 → 11 Aug 2010

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Conference	2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Odense
Period	9/08/10 → 11/08/10

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