Hi, I would like some papers / articles about the most common malware attacks and attacks on a computer that can infect other computers please!
follow this paper, it may solve your prob
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6117760&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6117760
You might be interested to pass through the following research papers.
1. Microsoft (2012). The Evolution of Malware and the Threat Landscape – a 10-Year review. Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, 2012.
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/story/#!10year
2. Symantec Corporation (2014). Internet Security Threat Report 2014.
Download: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-istr_main_report_v19_21291018.en-us.pdf
3. Trend Micro (2011). Trend in Targeted Attacks. 2011
Download: http://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp_trends-in-targeted-attacks.pdf
4. Symantec (2012). Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line.
Download: http://www.verisign.com/verisigntransition101/files/MalwareSecurityReport.pdf
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/02640470710829523