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@article{186879,
        author = {Sai Ganesh Darbha and Dr K Venkata Nagendra},
        title = {MODELING THE DYNAMIC SPREAD OF MALWARE TO ENHANCE SECURITY IN CLOUD COMPUTING},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {2855-2863},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186879},
        abstract = {Cloud computing, particularly in the realms of cloud-fog-edge computing, offers various services globally and is essential to cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS). Virtualization stands out as a key enabling technology in cloud computing, facilitating the dynamic deployment of computing tasks through virtual machine (VM) migration. Consequently, securing the virtual environment in the cloud is of utmost importance. This paper aims to tackle the challenge of malware spread among VMs within infrastructure as a service (IaaS) frameworks. First, a dynamic propagation model is introduced to identify key factors influencing malware transmission, with a particular focus on the role of antivirus software installed in VMs. Following this, a theoretical analysis of the model is conducted using differential dynamics, allowing for a deeper understanding of malware dissemination in an infected cloud environment. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to validate the relevance and effectiveness of the proposed model.},
        keywords = {Cloud Computing, Virtual Machine, Infrastructure as a Service, Virtualization, Industrial Internet of Things, Internet of Things},
        month = {November},
        }