NP-Attack reduces query counts for black-box adversarial attacks.
problem Efficiency of black-box adversarial attacks is low.
method Uses Neural Process to characterize image structure and find adversarial examples.
result NP-Attack significantly decreases query counts.
Paper proposes a new black-box adversarial attack using normalizing flows.
problem Adversarial vulnerability of deep neural networks.
method Proposes a novel black-box adversarial attack using normalizing flows.
result Demonstrates competitive performance against well-known black-box adversarial attack methods.
Efficient method for generating adversarial examples with limited query budget.
problem Developing black-box adversarial attacks with limited information.
method Bayesian Optimization in a structured low-dimensional subspace.
result Significantly higher attack success rate with fewer queries.
Randomizing model outputs confuses black box adversarial attacks.
problem Defending against black box adversarial attacks in deep neural networks.
method Randomization applied to model outputs to confuse attackers.
result Randomization can bound the probability of introducing errors, thwarting black box attacks.
AdvMind detects adversary intent in black-box attacks with high accuracy.
problem Detecting adversary intent in black-box adversarial attacks is challenging.
method AdvMind accounts for adversary adaptiveness and synthesizes queries to expose intent.
result AdvMind detects adversary intent with over 75% accuracy after observing less than 3 query batches.
Spanning attack improves black-box attacks with unlabeled data.
problem Query inefficiency in black-box attacks due to high input space dimensionality.
method Proposes spanning attack by constraining adversarial perturbations in a low-dimensional subspace via an auxiliary unlabeled dataset.
result Significantly improves query efficiency of black-box attacks.
We use Bayesian optimization to create efficient adversarial attacks with limited queries.
problem Creating adversarial examples with limited query access.
method Bayesian optimization for query-efficient adversarial attacks.
result Our method reduces query count by up to 80% compared to state-of-the-art methods.
New method for black-box adversarial attacks using pretrained model embeddings.
problem Efficiently attacking unknown target networks with high-level semantic patterns.
method Learn a low-dimensional embedding using a pretrained model, then search within the embedding space.
result Significant reduction in the number of queries for black-box adversarial attacks.
Paper proposes a new black-box attack approach to minimize visual distortion.
problem Constructing adversarial examples that minimize visual distortion in a black-box threat model.
method Learning the noise distribution of adversarial examples to approximate the gradient of a non-differentiable loss function.
result The proposed attack results in much lower visual distortion compared to state-of-the-art black-box attacks.
P-BO reduces black-box adversarial attacks by 10x with Bayesian optimization and function prior.
problem Efficiently generating adversarial examples against black-box models.
method Prior-guided Bayesian Optimization (P-BO) with a function prior initialized from a surrogate model.
result Significantly reduces the number of queries needed for adversarial attacks.
New research shows many recent defenses against adversarial examples are ineffective against black-box attacks.
problem The robustness of recent defenses against adversarial examples is insufficient, especially against black-box attacks.
method Evaluation of nine defenses on two black-box adversarial models and six attacks on CIFAR-10 and Fashion-MNIST datasets.
result Most recent defenses provide only marginal improvements in security (<25%) compared to undefended networks. Paper proposes ZO-NGD for more efficient black-box attacks.
problem Vulnerability of state-of-the-art DNNs to adversarial attacks.
method Zeroth-order natural gradient descent (ZO-NGD) for black-box attacks.
result ZO-NGD achieves significantly lower model query complexities.
Paper presents strong black-box attacks on unsupervised clustering models.
problem Adversarial attacks on unsupervised machine learning models.
method Iterative black-box attack on clustering algorithms.
result Adversarial samples can fool clustering algorithms irrespective of the algorithm used.
Efficiently distills white-box adversarial attacks into black-box models.
problem Generating efficient adversarial examples for robustness.
method Train a model to emulate white-box attack behavior and distill it into a more efficient black-box model.
result Reduces adversarial example generation time by 19x-39x and transfers to black-box settings.
Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been found to be vulnerable to adversarial examples resulting from adding small-magnitude perturbations to inputs. Such adversarial examples can mislead DNNs to produce adversary-selected results. Different attack strategies have been proposed to generate adversarial examples, but how t…
Note that this paper is superceded by "Black-Box Adversarial Attacks with Limited Queries and Information." Current neural network-based image classifiers are susceptible to adversarial examples, even in the black-box setting, where the attacker is limited to query access without access to gradients. Previous methods -…
Paper proposes a new black-box attack method for deep neural networks.
problem Understanding and defending against adversarial attacks on deep neural networks.
method The algorithm finds a probability distribution over a region around the input, making a sample likely an adversarial example.
result The method outperforms state-of-the-art black-box or white-box attack methods for most test cases.
V-BAD is a first black-box video attack framework that successfully fools deep video recognition models.
problem Vulnerability of video recognition models to black-box adversarial attacks.
method Tentative perturbations transferred from image models and partition-based rectifications for patches of tentative perturbations.
result V-BAD can craft both untargeted and targeted attacks with high success rates using a manageable number of queries.
This paper explores how the generalization of substitute classifiers affects the success of black-box adversarial attacks.
problem Understanding the factors driving the transferability of black-box adversarial examples.
method Max-min adversarial example game framework and theoretical generalization bounds.
result Substitute NN with better generalization behavior results in more transferable adversarial examples.
Improves black-box adversarial attacks with a transfer-based prior.
problem Low attack success rates and poor query efficiency in black-box adversarial attacks.
method P-RGF method that integrates a transfer-based prior and query information.
result Significantly reduces the number of queries needed for successful attacks.
Depending on how much information an adversary can access to, adversarial attacks can be classified as white-box attack and black-box attack. For white-box attack, optimization-based attack algorithms such as projected gradient descent (PGD) can achieve relatively high attack success rates within moderate iterates. How…
ODS improves adversarial attacks by maximizing output diversity.
problem Efficiency and effectiveness of adversarial attacks, especially black-box attacks.
method Output Diversified Sampling (ODS) that maximizes diversity in model outputs.
result ODS reduces the number of queries needed for black-box attacks on ImageNet by a factor of two.
A simple patch copying method reduces black-box adversarial attack queries by 81%.
problem The effectiveness of black-box adversarial attacks depends on the initialization method.
method Copying small patches from other images as initialization points.
result Reduces the number of queries required for a state-of-the-art Boundary Attack by 81%
Paper proposes a method to generate adversarial perturbations for black-box attacks without accessing inner states.
problem Generating adversarial perturbations for black-box attacks without accessing inner states of a DNN.
method Matrix-free generation method that requires fewer query trials.
result The proposed method successfully deceives a DNN for semantic segmentation more effectively than random noise.
Simple method for black-box adversarial attacks with low query efficiency.
problem Efficient construction of adversarial images in the black-box setting.
method Randomly sampling from an orthonormal basis and adjusting images.
result Demonstrated unprecedented query efficiency in both untargeted and targeted attacks.
AdvFlow generates imperceptible adversarial images using normalizing flows.
problem Adversarial attacks on deep learning classifiers.
method Normalizing flows to model adversarial examples.
result Generated adversaries closely follow clean data distribution, making them harder to detect.
Efficient black-box evasion attacks against deep networks with fewer queries.
problem Optimizing targeted evasion attacks with limited query budget.
method Formalized problem, evaluated benefits of using substitute models, presented two new attack strategies.
result Attack strategies are as effective as previous techniques but require significantly fewer queries.
Pixle attacks images by rearranging pixels, bypassing neural networks.
problem Vulnerability of neural networks to black-box adversarial attacks.
method A novel attack that rearranges a small number of pixels in images.
result Successfully attacks a high percentage of samples on various datasets and models.
Transfer learning improves model robustness against adversarial attacks.
problem Understanding how transfer learning affects model robustness against adversarial attacks.
method Extensive empirical evaluations of white-box and black-box attacks on fine-tuned transfer learning models.
result Adversarial examples are more transferable when fine-tuning is used than when networks are trained independently.
This paper surveys black-box attacks on computer vision models.
problem Real-life adversarial attacks on deep learning models.
method Comprehensive comparative study of attacks and defenses.
result Significant amount of research on reliability of models.
New method defends machine learning models from black-box attacks.
problem Protecting machine learning models from black-box transfer attacks.
method Randomized ensemble technique with provable security guarantee.
result Empirical evidence of security for random binary classifiers.
Sparse-RS framework efficiently attacks models with sparse perturbations.
problem Efficiently attacking models with sparse perturbations in the black-box setting.
method Random search-based Sparse-RS framework for score-based attacks.
result Sparse-RS achieves state-of-the-art success rate and query efficiency.
AdversarialPSO uses fewer queries to create high-success-rate adversarial examples.
problem Creating imperceptible adversarial examples with high success rates in black-box settings.
method AdversarialPSO, a black-box attack using Particle Swarm Optimization.
result Achieved high success rates (99.6% on CIFAR-10, 96.3% on MNIST, 82.0% on Imagenet) with fewer queries.
Paper proposes a new Hessian-aware zeroth-order optimization for improving black-box adversarial attacks.
problem Improving black-box adversarial attacks on neural networks.
method Introduces a Hessian-aware zeroth-order optimization algorithm called ZO-HessAware.
result ZO-HessAware achieves improved success rates with lower query complexity.
Study examines adversarial robustness of ANN variants, revealing differences in black-box settings.
problem Adversarial robustness of alternative neural network architectures.
method Analysis of conventional, stochastic ANNs, and SNNs across three datasets; experiments in white-box and black-box settings.
result Stochastic ANNs are more robust than conventional ANNs in black-box settings, especially with surrogate attacks.
Deep neural networks are vulnerable to adversarial examples, which poses security concerns on these algorithms due to the potentially severe consequences. Adversarial attacks serve as an important surrogate to evaluate the robustness of deep learning models before they are deployed. However, most of existing adversaria…
New methods improve black-box adversarial attacks with fewer queries.
problem Efficiently craft adversarial examples without access to gradients.
method Prior-guided random gradient-free algorithms based on biased sampling and gradient averaging.
result Both methods require fewer queries and achieve higher success rates.
Paper proposes a black-box adversarial attack method for graph embedding models.
problem Robustness of graph embedding models against adversarial attacks.
method GF-Attack constructs a generalized adversarial attacker by the graph filter and feature matrix, performing the attack on the graph filter in a black-box fashion.
result GF-Attack can consistently make strong attacks on different graph embedding models even with small perturbations.
Efficient method reduces black-box adversarial queries for neural networks.
problem Solving for adversarial examples in black-box settings with limited query access.
method Efficient combinatorial optimization surrogate for gradient estimation.
result State-of-the-art black-box attack performance with reduced query count.
New method improves black-box attacks using pre-trained models.
problem Efficiently attacking black-box models with limited information.
method EigenBA algorithm leveraging pre-trained white-box model's Jacobian matrix.
result Optimal perturbations are related to right singular vectors of Jacobian matrix.
Efficiently attacks black-box image classifiers using biased sampling.
problem Efficiently attacking black-box image classifiers without access to confidence scores.
method Reinterpreting Boundary Attacks as a biased sampling framework.
result Combination of biases outperforms state of the art by a wide margin.
Detects adversarial examples in deep speech recognition.
problem Vulnerability of deep speech recognition systems to adversarial attacks.
method Formulated as a classification problem, generated adversarial and normal datasets, trained CNN.
result Accurately distinguishes between adversarial and normal examples for known attacks.
Enhances adversarial example transferability by fine-tuning existing examples.
problem Adversarial examples are often overfit to a source model, limiting black-box transferability.
method Intermediate Level Attack (ILA) fine-tunes adversarial examples on a pre-specified layer of the source model.
result ILAs achieve high transferability to target models without knowledge of their architecture.
EI-MTD defends edge intelligence against adversarial attacks with dynamic scheduling.
problem Adversarial attacks on edge intelligence models.
method EI-MTD uses differential knowledge distillation to create robust member models and a dynamic scheduling policy based on a Bayesian Stackelberg game.
result EI-MTD effectively protects edge intelligence from black-box adversarial attacks.
GAMIN attacks black-box models to reveal training data, achieving high success rates.
problem Exposing sensitive information in machine learning models trained on private data.
method Generative adversarial model training to generate inputs similar to training data.
result GAMIN can extract recognizable digits and features from complex models like CNNs.
New action poisoning attacks improve LinUCB's performance by changing action signals.
problem Improving understanding of adversarial attacks on contextual bandit algorithms.
method Proposed action poisoning attacks in white-box and black-box settings.
result Action poisoning attacks can force LinUCB to pull a target arm frequently with low cost.
Recent studies have shown that adversarial examples in state-of-the-art image classifiers trained by deep neural networks (DNN) can be easily generated when the target model is transparent to an attacker, known as the white-box setting. However, when attacking a deployed machine learning service, one can only acquire t…
New approach generates black-box attacks on neural networks using swarm evolutionary algorithm.
problem Adversarial samples attack neural networks.
method Swarm evolutionary algorithm for black-box attacks.
result 100% success rate on MNIST and CIFAR-10 images.