The detection of software vulnerabilities (or vulnerabilities for short) is an important problem that has yet to be tackled, as manifested by the many vulnerabilities reported on a daily basis. This calls for machine learning methods for vulnerability detection. Deep learning is attractive for this purpose because it a…
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Paper proposes methods to reduce adversarial vulnerability in neural networks.
problem Adversarial vulnerability of deep neural networks in safety-critical applications.
method Defining vulnerability, proposing Vulnerability Suppression (VS) loss, and a Bayesian feature pruning method.
result Improves adversarial robustness and clean example performance with minimal parameter reduction.
Each year, thousands of software vulnerabilities are discovered and reported to the public. Unpatched known vulnerabilities are a significant security risk. It is imperative that software vendors quickly provide patches once vulnerabilities are known and users quickly install those patches as soon as they are available…
Study shows unequal success of membership inference attacks across different groups.
problem Unequal success of membership inference attacks across different groups.
method Established conditions for preventing MIAs and derived connections to fairness and differential privacy.
result Estimating disparate vulnerability to MIAs can lead to overestimation; suitable attacks and statistical framework provided.
Capsule networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, similar to convolutional neural networks.
problem Vulnerability of capsule networks to adversarial attacks.
method Compared capsule networks to convolutional neural networks using various adversarial attacks.
result Capsule networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, similar to convolutional neural networks.
The paper addresses model vulnerability to image transformations.
problem Vulnerability of computer vision models to distributional shifts.
method Formulates a combinatorial optimization problem and uses search algorithms to evaluate vulnerability regions. Embeds this idea in a training procedure to define new data augmentation rules.
result Trains more robust models against distributional shifts and image manipulations.
Increasing numbers of software vulnerabilities are discovered every year whether they are reported publicly or discovered internally in proprietary code. These vulnerabilities can pose serious risk of exploit and result in system compromise, information leaks, or denial of service. We leveraged the wealth of C and C++ …
Over the past few years, neural networks were proven vulnerable to adversarial images: targeted but imperceptible image perturbations lead to drastically different predictions. We show that adversarial vulnerability increases with the gradients of the training objective when viewed as a function of the inputs. Surprisi…
AI's high performance is linked to its vulnerability due to data geometry.
problem Vulnerability of AI systems to adversarial attacks.
method Simple geometric argument based on high-dimensional data sets.
result High performance and vulnerability are intrinsically coupled.
On Vulnerability Conditional Risk Measures: Comparisons and Applications in Cryptocurrency Marketq-fin.RM
New risk measures assess cryptocurrency market vulnerabilities during financial distress.
problem Capturing systemic risk in cryptocurrency markets during financial distress.
method Introducing Vulnerability Conditional Risk Measures (VCoES) and related measures.
result Validated theoretical insights and demonstrated practical relevance in cryptocurrency market.
Pricing vulnerable options in a hybrid credit risk model driven by Heston-Nandi GARCH processesq-fin.PR
Hybrid model prices vulnerable options with stochastic volatility.
problem Pricing options with stochastic volatility and credit risk.
method Closed-form hybrid credit risk model with Heston-Nandi GARCH processes.
result Explicit pricing formula for vulnerable options.
Preschool attendance correlates with lower developmental vulnerabilities in Queensland, Australia.
problem Understanding the relationship between preschool attendance and developmental vulnerabilities in different regions.
method Data Analysis and Machine Learning to identify clusters of socio-demographic variables.
result Identified three clusters with varying socio-demographic variables affecting the relationship between preschool attendance and developmental vulnerabilities.
Study on measuring vulnerability of neural network parameters via corruption.
problem Understanding the robustness and generalization of deep neural networks.
method Proposes an indicator to measure parameter robustness via parameter corruption and provides a gradient-based estimation.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed indicator and training method in improving parameter robustness and accuracy.
Study reveals how high-dimensional models are vulnerable to consistent adversarial attacks.
problem Understanding the vulnerability of high-dimensional linear classifiers to adversarial attacks.
method Introducing a new error metric to quantify model vulnerability, and rigorously characterizing these metrics in asymptotic settings.
result As models become more overparameterized, their vulnerability to label-preserving perturbations increases.
Thousands of security vulnerabilities are discovered in production software each year, either reported publicly to the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database or discovered internally in proprietary code. Vulnerabilities often manifest themselves in subtle ways that are not obvious to code reviewers or the develo…
Batch normalization makes neural networks more vulnerable to small adversarial perturbations.
problem Adversarial vulnerability of neural networks trained with batch normalization.
method Investigated the impact of batch normalization on adversarial robustness and compared it to weight decay.
result Substituting weight decay for batch norm nullifies adversarial vulnerability.
An alternative proof of the vulnerability of retrieval in high intrinsic dimensionality neighborhoodcs.LG
The paper analyzes how much data points can be altered to change their rank in nearest neighbor searches.
problem Vulnerability of nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional data.
method Statistical analysis of perturbation needed to change neighbor rank.
result Derived statistical distribution of perturbation needed to modify neighbor rank.
Using a suitable change of probability measure, we obtain a novel Poisson series representation for the arbitrage- free price process of vulnerable contingent claims in a regime-switching market driven by an underlying continuous- time Markov process. As a result of this representation, along with a short-time asymptot…
Devign uses graph neural networks to identify vulnerabilities efficiently.
problem Challenging and tedious process of identifying vulnerabilities in software systems.
method Devign employs a graph neural network to classify graph-level vulnerabilities using comprehensive code semantic representations.
result Devign significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models in vulnerability identification.
New method certifies joint adversarial robustness of model ensembles.
problem Ensuring robustness of model ensembles against adversarial attacks.
method Proposes a novel technique to certify joint robustness, building on prior work on single-model robustness certification.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of certifying joint robustness of ensembles, improving understanding of ensemble defenses.
DefNet defends GNNs against adversarial attacks by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to adversarial attacks.
method Investigates latent vulnerabilities in GNN layers, proposes dual-stage aggregation and bottleneck perceptron, and uses adversarial contrastive learning for training.
result DefNet significantly improves GNN robustness under various adversarial attacks.
The Vulnerability of Language Model Benchmarks: Do They Accurately Reflect True LLM Performance?cs.CL
Language model benchmarks often misrepresent true understanding, revealing vulnerabilities in evaluation methods.
problem Language model benchmarks fail to accurately reflect true language understanding and adaptability.
method Systematic analysis of NLP evaluation frameworks, identifying vulnerabilities in static benchmarks, human evaluation protocols, and LLM-as-judge frameworks.
result Current evaluation methods are unreliable and need improvement to accurately assess LLM performance.
DVERGE diversifies adversarial vulnerabilities to enhance robust ensemble models.
problem Diverse adversarial vulnerabilities for robust ensemble models.
method Isolates and diversifies adversarial vulnerabilities through distillation and training.
result Achieves higher robustness against transfer attacks compared to previous methods.
Paper examines vulnerabilities in data-driven pricing schemes.
problem Vulnerability of clustering-oriented pricing schemes to malicious user behavior.
method Defined a notion of disguising to identify strategic behaviors of malicious users, characterized sensitivity zones to evaluate malicious user percentages, conducted cost benefit analysis.
result Concluded with a vulnerability analysis of data-driven pricing schemes.
Adversarial objects can fool LiDAR-based autonomous driving systems.
problem Vulnerability of LiDAR-based autonomous driving systems to adversarial attacks.
method Optimization-based approach LiDAR-Adv to generate adversarial objects.
result LiDAR-based autonomous driving systems are vulnerable to adversarial attacks.
New method defends RL agents from poisoning attacks without MDP knowledge.
problem Poisoning attacks on RL systems can cause learning failures.
method Generic poisoning framework for online RL, Vulnerability-Aware Adversarial Critic Poison (VA2C-P).
result Successfully prevents RL agents from learning good policies or converging to target policies.
Motivated by the problem of automated repair of software vulnerabilities, we propose an adversarial learning approach that maps from one discrete source domain to another target domain without requiring paired labeled examples or source and target domains to be bijections. We demonstrate that the proposed adversarial l…
One pixel can significantly alter deep neural network outputs, revealing propagation patterns and vulnerability hotspots.
problem Understanding how a single pixel modification affects deep neural networks.
method Propagation Maps and locality analysis to visualize and understand the impact of pixel modifications.
result One pixel modifications can propagate through deep networks, affecting the final output and revealing vulnerability patterns.
Improved security of smart contracts by classifying them into four categories.
problem Detecting and classifying vulnerabilities in smart contracts efficiently.
method Used AWD-LSTM for multi-class classification, addressing class imbalance.
result Achieved a weighted average Fbeta score of 90.0%.
Designing models that are robust to small adversarial perturbations of their inputs has proven remarkably difficult. In this work we show that the reverse problem---making models more vulnerable---is surprisingly easy. After presenting some proofs of concept on MNIST, we introduce a generic tilting attack that injects …
Study reveals how neural network smoothness affects their vulnerability to adversarial attacks.
problem Understanding adversarial vulnerability in deep learning networks.
method Analysis of manifold smoothness and generalization capability of deep neural networks trained with local errors.
result High generalization accuracy requires a fast power-law decay of eigen-spectrum of hidden representations.
Boosting algorithms predict financial vulnerability of farmers in Chile and Tunisia.
problem Predict financial vulnerability of farmers in Chile and Tunisia using environmental data.
method Interpretable boosting algorithms based on ridge-regularized generalized linear models.
result Interaction effects improve predictive power only when included in two-step boosting.
Study bounds for prices of European and American options with optional termination.
problem Bounding prices of options with potential termination.
method Duality results linking upper prices of vulnerable options to American options with constrained exercise times.
result Linking upper prices of vulnerable options to American options and game options.
Study identifies key parameters and input dimensions making LLMs and VLMs brittle.
problem Vulnerability of large language and vision-language models to perturbations.
method Proposed FI measure based on information geometry to quantify sensitivity.
result Small subset of high FI parameters significantly contribute to brittleness.
New insights into adversarial vulnerability linked to manifold separability issues.
problem Adversarial vulnerability in machine learning models.
method Characterized data distribution as a low-dimensional manifold, focusing on on/off manifold directions and the impact of first-order vs. second-order optimization methods.
result First-order optimization methods lead to poor convergence in the off-manifold direction, causing adversarial vulnerability in inseparable datasets.
This paper evaluates targeted data poisoning attacks by focusing on the hardest samples, improving evaluation and defense strategies.
problem The effectiveness of targeted data poisoning attacks is often overestimated due to average evaluation methods.
method The paper introduces metrics to identify the hardest and easiest to poison samples based on clean model information.
result The proposed metrics reliably stratify samples by poisoning vulnerability, enabling rigorous worst-case evaluation and proactive defense.
TrojDRL shows reinforcement learning agents vulnerable to Trojan attacks.
problem Vulnerability of reinforcement learning agents to Trojan attacks.
method Data-poisoning and in-band reward modification to augment reinforcement learning policies.
result Policies can be imperceptibly modified to perform differently when a Trojan is triggered.
Paper tackles model vulnerabilities by reconstructing training data.
problem Reconstructing training data from model parameters poses a security risk.
method Developed a mathematical framework and score matching method for both Bayesian and non-Bayesian models.
result First score matching framework for reconstructing data in Bayesian models.
This study investigates security vulnerabilities of SNNs and compares them to DNNs.
problem Investigating security vulnerabilities of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) compared to Deep Neural Networks (DNNs).
method Comparative study of security vulnerabilities, novel black-box attack methodology for SNNs.
result Proposed and evaluated a novel black-box attack methodology for SNNs.
New method compares DP mechanisms beyond pairs.
problem Current DP mechanism comparisons overlook substantial differences.
method Introduces -divergence for robust comparison.
result Demonstrates gaps in current DP-SGD practices.
HarDNN detects and protects CNNs from hardware errors.
problem Hardware errors in CNNs can corrupt inference output.
method Statistical error injection and heuristic vulnerability assessment.
result HarDNN improves CNN resilience with minimal additional computation.
Despite achieving impressive performance, state-of-the-art classifiers remain highly vulnerable to small, imperceptible, adversarial perturbations. This vulnerability has proven empirically to be very intricate to address. In this paper, we study the phenomenon of adversarial perturbations under the assumption that the…
Parameters or Privacy: A Provable Tradeoff Between Overparameterization and Membership Inferencestat.ML
Overparameterized models are more vulnerable to membership inference attacks.
problem Vulnerability of overparameterized models to membership inference attacks.
method Theoretical and empirical analysis of overparameterized linear and ridge-regularized linear regression models in the Gaussian data setting.
result Increased number of parameters and model complexity increase vulnerability to membership inference attacks.
The paper provides a method to calculate CVA for vulnerable options in stochastic volatility models.
problem Evaluating Credit Value Adjustment (CVA) for options subject to default events in stochastic volatility models.
method Using Ito's calculus, the paper provides a general representation formula for CVA correction in SABR, Hull & White, and Heston models.
result The formula explicitly shows the correction in CVA due to the correlation between the underlying's price process and the default event.
Deep networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks due to excessive invariance.
problem Adversarial vulnerability of deep neural networks.
method Decomposed adversarial errors into sensitivity and invariance. Proposed an extended cross-entropy loss to encourage consideration of all task-dependent features.
result Deep networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks due to excessive invariance, not just sensitivity.
Paper analyzes neural networks using active subspace for structural analysis and vulnerability, reducing model size and improving attacks.
problem Analyzing and reducing the complexity of neural networks.
method Active subspace method for measuring active neurons, network structure modification, and additive universal adversarial attack vector.
result ASNet achieves significant parameter and flops reduction, and improves universal adversarial attack performance.
Mathematical framework to understand neural network vulnerability.
problem Understanding and quantifying adversarial vulnerability in neural networks.
method Develops a geometric framework using Ricci curvature to measure decision boundaries and adversarial perturbations.
result Establishes a new theory linking adversarial attacks to Ricci curvature of decision boundaries.
The study clusters neighborhoods based on childhood vulnerability data and program retention rates.
problem Improving childhood outcomes and decision-making in early childhood development.
method Data-driven approaches combining public and private sources to visualize children's experiences and analyze program retention rates.
result Neighborhoods can be clustered based on childhood vulnerability, and certain programs have higher retention rates.