<div align="center">Functional similarities between computer worms

and biological pathogens</span></div>

a b s t r a c t
<span style="color:#33FF33">Computer worms pose a serious threat to computer and network security. Interestingly,
they share many common tactics with biological pathogens with respect to infecting and
propagating. In this paper, we study the six most common fatal infectious diseasesd
measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, influenza and the diarrhoeal diseasesdto (1) determine
the individual mechanisms and environmental conditions that have contributed
to their success, and (2) show the parallels between the mechanisms and behavior of successful
biological infections and successful digital infections. Moreover, by identifying the
specific areas of similarity and looking at effective preventive and creative measures used
against biological pathogens, we draw insights about what steps individual computers and
networks can take to protect themselves.
Keywords:
Computer worm
Worm detection
Worm defense
Biological pathogen
Biological infection
Biological similarity
Operational exploit
Environmental exploit
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