The failure of a power system as a critical infrastructure causes considerable damage to
society. Hence, the vulnerabilities of such facilities should be minimized to cope with several …

This paper considers the cyber-attacks that aim to remove nodes or links from network
topologies. We particularly focus on one category of such attacks, in which attacks happen …

Robust network infrastructures are essential for the delivery of vital services for our daily
lives. With the widespread cyber-attacks on them, measuring the robustness of these …

With the prevalence of cyber-attacks on infrastructure networks such as the Internet
backbone, measuring the robustness of network topologies has become a critical issue. To …

Only when understanding hackers” tactics, can we thwart their attacks. With this spirit, this
paper studies how hackers can effectively launch the so-called 'targeted node attacks”, in …

Most naturally occurring complex networks exhibit a power-law-based degree distribution. In
such networks, most of the nodes possess the same few lowest degrees (mostly degrees of …