Researchers at Penn State University have developed an algorithm that defends against the spread of local.scanning worms that search for hosts in local spaces within networks. This strategy allows them access to hosts that are. that are local The worms can infect one host, which means once they infect one. host, the rest can be can ve been infected quickly. Read the full article. The algorithm was developed by Penn State researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: https://threatpost.com/algorithm-stops-local-scanning-worms-020910/73511/