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Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have gained popularity in numerous domains, yet they are vulnerable to backdoor attacks that can compromise their performance and ethical application. The detection of these attacks is crucial for maintaining…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Jane Downer , Ren Wang , Binghui Wang

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) pose critical challenges to modern cybersecurity due to their multi-stage and stealthy nature. While provenance-based detection approaches show promise in capturing causal attack semantics, current threat…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Wenhao Yan , Ning An , Linxu Li , Bingsheng Bi , Bo Jiang , Zhigang Lu , Baoxu Liu , Junrong Liu , Cong Dong

Machine-learning based intrusion detection classifiers are able to detect unknown attacks, but at the same time, they may be susceptible to evasion by obfuscation techniques. An adversary intruder which possesses a crucial knowledge about a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-16 Ivan Homoliak , Martin Teknos , Martín Ochoa , Dominik Breitenbacher , Saeid Hosseini , Petr Hanacek

Intruders detection in computer networks has some deficiencies from machine learning approach, given by the nature of the application. The principal problem is the modest display of detection systems based on learning algorithms under the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Jorge Luis Rivero Pérez , Bernardete Ribeiro , Kadir Hector Ortiz

Machine learning-based intrusion detection requires complex models to capture patterns in high-dimensional, noisy, and class-imbalanced raw network traffic, yet deploying such models remains impractical on resource-constrained devices with…

Advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks remain difficult to detect due to their stealth, adaptability, and use of legitimate system components. Provenance-based intrusion detection systems (PIDS) offer a promising defense by capturing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Robin Buchta , Carsten Kleiner , Felix Heine , Gabi Dreo Rodosek

With the advent of large-scale heterogeneous networks comes the problem of unified network control resulting in security lapses that could have otherwise avoided. A mechanism is needed to detect and deflect intruders to safeguard resource…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-11-13 Nazim Uddin Sheikh , Hasina Rahman , Shashwat Vikram , Hamed AlQahtani

For data-centric systems, provenance tracking is particularly important when the system is open and decentralised, such as the Web of Linked Data. In this paper, a concise but expressive calculus which models data updates is presented. The…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-08-24 Gabriel Ciobanu , Ross Horne

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are stealthy and multi-stage, making single-point defenses (e.g., malware- or traffic-based detectors) ill-suited to capture long-range and cross-entity attack semantics. Provenance-graph analysis has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Mingqi Lv , Shanshan Zhang , Haiwen Liu , Tieming Chen , Tiantian Zhu

Machine learning and data mining algorithms play important roles in designing intrusion detection systems. Based on their approaches toward the detection of attacks in a network, intrusion detection systems can be broadly categorized into…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Jaydip Sen , Sidra Mehtab

Deep Neural Networks are well known to be vulnerable to adversarial attacks and backdoor attacks, where minor modifications on the input are able to mislead the models to give wrong results. Although defenses against adversarial attacks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-01 Kaidi Jin , Tianwei Zhang , Chao Shen , Yufei Chen , Ming Fan , Chenhao Lin , Ting Liu

The extensive use of Information and Communication Technology in critical infrastructures such as Industrial Control Systems make them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. One particular class of cyber-attacks is advanced persistent threats where…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-10 Gael Kamdem De Teyou , Junior Ziazet

Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming human lives by paving the way for the management of physical devices on the edge. These interconnected IoT objects share data for remote accessibility and can be vulnerable to open attacks and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Muhammad Almas Khan , Muazzam A Khan , Shahid Latif , Awais Aziz Shah , Mujeeb Ur Rehman , Wadii Boulila , Maha Driss , Jawad Ahmad

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

One of the data security and privacy concerns is of insider threats, where legitimate users of the system abuse the access privileges they hold. The insider threat to data security means that an insider steals or leaks sensitive personal…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Muhammad Imran Khan , Simon N. Foley , Barry O'Sullivan

Broken access control is one of the most common security vulnerabilities in web applications. These vulnerabilities are the major cause of many data breach incidents, which result in privacy concern and revenue loss. However, preventing and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Li Zhong

Malicious software (malware) is a major cyber threat that has to be tackled with Machine Learning (ML) techniques because millions of new malware examples are injected into cyberspace on a daily basis. However, ML is vulnerable to attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Deqiang Li , Qianmu Li , Yanfang Ye , Shouhuai Xu

Despite decades of development, existing IDSs still face challenges in improving detection accuracy, evasion, and detection of unknown attacks. To solve these problems, many researchers have focused on designing and developing IDSs that use…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Mofe O. Jeje

This paper is concerned with the analysis and design of secure Distributed Control Systems in the face of integrity attacks on sensors and controllers by external attackers or insiders. In general a DCS consists of many heterogenous…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-10-19 Sean Weerakkody , Xiaofei Liu , Sang H. Son , Bruno Sinopoli

Many current approaches to the design of intrusion detection systems apply feature selection in a static, non-adaptive fashion. These methods often neglect the dynamic nature of network data which requires to use adaptive feature selection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-18 Buse Gul Atli , Alexander Jung