Worm computing: A blockchain-based resource sharing and cybersecurity framework

Abstract

Recently, the rapid growth of network resources and the cybersecurity issues become more and more rigorous due to the rapid progress of Internet of Things (IoTs). How to integrate the network resources and enhance the defense capabilities effectively is an urgent problem. In this paper, inspired by the spread of friendly worms in the network, we put forward a novel concept of worm computing which is a decentralized computing platform. The worm computing model is able to integrate the useful information for resource sharing and cooperative defense, which can achieve the resource utilization refreshing, computing capacity improvement and network security enhancement. We use a blockchain platform to build a fundamental decentralization system and store collaborative data by delivering a private chain, which solves the problem of data sharing and trust computing in the traditional collaboration model by providing decentralized and credible services to ensure the unchangeable modification of transactions. We conduct experiments on resource utilization and collaborative defense of malicious URLs and the results validate the effectiveness of the proposed worm computing model in improving resource utilization and network security.