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Planning is a fundamental activity, arising frequently in many contexts, from daily tasks to industrial processes. The planning task consists of selecting a sequence of actions to achieve a specified goal from specified initial conditions.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Carla Davesa Sureda , Joan Espasa Arxer , Ian Miguel , Mateu Villaret Auselle

In our research, we introduce a new concept called "LLM Augmented Pentesting" demonstrated with a tool named "Pentest Copilot," that revolutionizes the field of ethical hacking by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into penetration…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Dhruva Goyal , Sitaraman Subramanian , Aditya Peela , Nisha P. Shetty

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are stealthy attacks which make use of social engineering and deception to give adversaries insider access to networked systems. Against APTs, active defense technologies aim to create and exploit…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-24 Jeffrey Pawlick , Thi Thu Hang Nguyen , Edward Colbert , Quanyan Zhu

In security-sensitive applications, the success of machine learning depends on a thorough vetting of their resistance to adversarial data. In one pertinent, well-motivated attack scenario, an adversary may attempt to evade a deployed system…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-08-22 Battista Biggio , Igino Corona , Davide Maiorca , Blaine Nelson , Nedim Srndic , Pavel Laskov , Giorgio Giacinto , Fabio Roli

Intrusion detection into computer networks has become one of the most important issues in cybersecurity. Attackers keep on researching and coding to discover new vulnerabilities to penetrate information security system. In consequence…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Sergio Hidalgo-Espinoza , Kevin Chamorro-Cupueran , Oscar Chang-Tortolero

In large-scale networks, communication links between nodes are easily injected with false data by adversaries. This paper proposes a novel security defense strategy from the perspective of attack detection scheduling to ensure the security…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-19 Yuhan Suo , Senchun Chai , Runqi Chai , Zhong-Hua Pang , Yuanqing Xia , Guo-Ping Liu

Security has become, nowadays, a major concern for the organizations as the majority of its applications are exposed to Internet, which increases the threats of security considerably. Thus, the solution is to improve tools and mechanisms to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-09-25 Mohammed Ennahbaoui , Said Elhajji

This paper aims to provide an innovative machine learning-based solution to automate security testing tasks for web applications, ensuring the correct functioning of all components while reducing project maintenance costs. Reinforcement…

Machine learning models have made many decision support systems to be faster, more accurate, and more efficient. However, applications of machine learning in network security face a more disproportionate threat of active adversarial attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Olakunle Ibitoye , Rana Abou-Khamis , Mohamed el Shehaby , Ashraf Matrawy , M. Omair Shafiq

With the rapid development of Internet and the sharp increase of network crime, network security has become very important and received a lot of attention. We model security issues as stochastic systems. This allows us to find weaknesses in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Lu Yu , Richard R. Brooks

Machine learning and data mining techniques are utiized for enhancement of the security of any network. Researchers used machine learning for pattern detection, anomaly detection, dynamic policy setting, etc. The methods allow the program…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-31 Aviral Srivastava , Dhyan Thakkar , Sharda Valiveti , Pooja Shah , Gaurang Raval

Enterprise penetration-testing is often limited by high operational costs and the scarcity of human expertise. This paper investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of using Large Language Model (LLM)-driven autonomous systems to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Andreas Happe , Jürgen Cito

Offensive security-tests are a common way to pro-actively discover potential vulnerabilities. They are performed by specialists, often called penetration-testers or white-hat hackers. The chronic lack of available white-hat hackers prevents…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Andreas Happe , Jürgen Cito

Enterprises are constantly under attack from sophisticated adversaries. These adversaries use a variety of techniques to first gain access to the enterprise, then spread laterally inside its networks, establish persistence, and finally…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Sumanth Rao

With the development of incipient technologies, user devices becoming more exposed and ill-used by foes. In upcoming decades, traditional security measures will not be sufficient enough to handle this huge threat towards distributed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-13 Md Mehedi Hassan Onik , Nasr Al-Zaben , Hung Phan Hoo , Chul-Soo Kim

In this paper, we study the problem of assessing the effectiveness of a proactive defense-by-detection policy with a network-based moving target defense. We model the network system using a probabilistic attack graph--a graphical security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Zhentian Qian , Jie Fu , Quanyan Zhu

This article applies Machine Learning techniques to solve Intrusion Detection problems within computer networks. Due to complex and dynamic nature of computer networks and hacking techniques, detecting malicious activities remains a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-11-04 Tich Phuoc Tran , Longbing Cao , Dat Tran , Cuong Duc Nguyen

Penetration testing is essential to ensure Web security, which can detect and fix vulnerabilities in advance, and prevent data leakage and serious consequences. The powerful inference capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have made…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Benlong Wu , Guoqiang Chen , Kejiang Chen , Xiuwei Shang , Jiapeng Han , Yanru He , Weiming Zhang , Nenghai Yu

As the pre-trained language models (PLMs) continue to grow, so do the hardware and data requirements for fine-tuning PLMs. Therefore, the researchers have come up with a lighter method called \textit{Prompt Learning}. However, during the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Yundi Shi , Piji Li , Changchun Yin , Zhaoyang Han , Lu Zhou , Zhe Liu

In Artificial Intelligence, planning refers to an area of research that proposes to develop systems that can automatically generate a result set, in the form of an integrated decision-making system through a formal procedure, known as plan.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-11-20 Sofia Benbelkacem , Baghdad Atmani , Mohamed Benamina