With the great success of graph embedding model on both academic and industry area, the robustness of graph embedding against adversarial attack inevitably becomes a central problem in graph learning domain. Regardless of the fruitful progress, most of the current works perform the attack in a white-box fashion: they n…
Efficiently attacks large-scale graphs without using the whole graph.
problem Vulnerability of graph neural networks to adversarial attacks.
method Simplified Gradient-based Attack (SGA) method for large-scale graphs.
result SGA achieves significant time and memory efficiency improvements.
Pro-GNN defends graph neural networks from adversarial attacks by learning graph structure.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to adversarial attacks on real-world graphs.
method Pro-GNN learns a structural graph and a robust GNN model jointly from perturbed graphs guided by intrinsic graph properties.
result Pro-GNN achieves significantly better performance than state-of-the-art defense methods, even on heavily perturbed graphs.
Attack graphs are a powerful tool for security risk assessment by analysing network vulnerabilities and the paths attackers can use to compromise network resources. The uncertainty about the attacker's behaviour makes Bayesian networks suitable to model attack graphs to perform static and dynamic analysis. Previous app…
New attacks and defenses for GNNs on large graphs.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to adversarial attacks on large graphs.
method Proposed two sparsity-aware first-order optimization attacks and a robust aggregation function.
result Attacks can double in strength, and defenses are effective at all scales.
Knowledge graph embedding (KGE) is a technique for learning continuous embeddings for entities and relations in the knowledge graph.Due to its benefit to a variety of downstream tasks such as knowledge graph completion, question answering and recommendation, KGE has gained significant attention recently. Despite its ef…
Graph deep learning models, such as graph convolutional networks (GCN) achieve remarkable performance for tasks on graph data. Similar to other types of deep models, graph deep learning models often suffer from adversarial attacks. However, compared with non-graph data, the discrete features, graph connections and diff…
Graph neural networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks by manipulating graph structure.
problem Vulnerability of Graph Neural Networks to adversarial attacks.
method Categorization and review of existing attacks and defenses.
result Developed a repository for empirical studies on graph adversarial attacks and defenses.
New black-box attack method improves GNN defense without needing training data.
problem Vulnerability of Graph Neural Networks to adversarial attacks.
method Developed a gradient-based black-box attack algorithm, BBGA, which does not require access to training data.
result BBGA achieves stable attack performance without accessing training sets, and is effective against various defenses.
Indirect attacks can fool graph classifiers even with poisoned neighbors.
problem How to evaluate and defend graph convolutional neural networks against indirect adversarial attacks.
method Proposed a method to generate adversarial perturbations on a single node far from the target.
result 99% attack success rate within two-hops from the target in two datasets.
Bayesian optimisation method targets graph classification models against adversarial attacks.
problem Adversarial attacks on graph classification models, especially for graph-level tasks.
method Bayesian optimisation-based attack method for graph classification models.
result Effectiveness and flexibility of the proposed method validated on various graph classification tasks.
DefenseVGAE defends graph neural networks against adversarial attacks.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to adversarial structural perturbations.
method Variational Graph Autoencoder (VGAE) to reconstruct graph structure.
result DefenseVGAE reduces adversarial perturbations and boosts GCN performance.
FATE framework attacks graph learning models to amplify bias deceptively.
problem Achieving poisoning attacks on graph learning models to exacerbate bias deceptively.
method Bi-level optimization problem and meta learning-based framework named FATE.
result FATE amplifies bias of graph neural networks while maintaining downstream task utility.
UM-GNN improves GNN robustness against poisoning attacks.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to poisoning attacks.
method UM-GNN uses epistemic uncertainties from message passing to build a surrogate predictor.
result UM-GNN achieves significantly improved robustness against poisoning attacks.
Paper tackles node injection attacks on graphs using reinforcement learning.
problem Tackles the problem of injecting adversarial nodes into real-world graph applications to reduce node classification performance.
method Uses reinforcement learning to sequentially modify the adversarial information of injected nodes.
result Demonstrates superior performance of the proposed method NIPA compared to existing methods.
Novel method HAO mitigates Graph Injection Attack by preserving homophily.
problem Graph Injection Attack's high flexibility can harm graph homophily.
method Introduce homophily unnoticeability constraint and Harmonious Adversarial Objective (HAO).
result GIA with HAO breaks homophily-based defenses and outperforms previous attacks.
Graph embedding leaks sensitive graph properties and subgraphs.
problem Privacy risks in graph embedding sharing.
method Three inference attacks and a defense mechanism.
result High accuracy in inferring graph properties and subgraphs.
Graph neural networks (GNNs) which apply the deep neural networks to graph data have achieved significant performance for the task of semi-supervised node classification. However, only few work has addressed the adversarial robustness of GNNs. In this paper, we first present a novel gradient-based attack method that fa…
AdvImmune improves certifiable robustness of GNNs against adversarial attacks.
problem Vulnerability of graph neural networks to adversarial attacks.
method Proposes AdvImmune, an algorithm that optimizes with meta-gradient to improve certifiable robustness.
result Remarkably improves the ratio of robust nodes by 12%, 42%, 65% with an affordable immune budget of only 5% edges.
Attack graphs provide compact representations of the attack paths that an attacker can follow to compromise network resources by analysing network vulnerabilities and topology. These representations are a powerful tool for security risk assessment. Bayesian inference on attack graphs enables the estimation of the risk …
GNNGuard defends Graph Neural Networks against structural perturbations.
problem Adversarial attacks on graph neural networks can degrade performance catastrophically.
method Detects and quantifies the relationship between graph structure and node features, then uses this to mitigate attacks.
result GNNGuard outperforms existing defenses by 15.3% on average across various attacks and datasets.
This paper explores vulnerabilities in hierarchical graph pooling neural networks for graph classification.
problem Vulnerability of hierarchical graph pooling neural networks in graph classification tasks.
method Proposes an adversarial attack framework using a surrogate model to generate adversarial samples.
result Adversarial samples can fool hierarchical GNN-based graph classification models, demonstrating their vulnerability.
SAG is a scalable method for adversarial attacks on GNNs.
problem Scalability and robustness of GNNs to adversarial attacks.
method Decomposing large graphs into smaller partitions, using ADMM for optimization.
result SAG reduces computation and memory overhead for large graphs.
Deep learning on graph structures has shown exciting results in various applications. However, few attentions have been paid to the robustness of such models, in contrast to numerous research work for image or text adversarial attack and defense. In this paper, we focus on the adversarial attacks that fool the model by…
Paper proposes a novel graph recovery attack from node embeddings.
problem Privacy risks of integrating graph embeddings with machine learning pipelines.
method Model-agnostic graph recovery attack exploiting preserved structural information in node embeddings.
result Adversaries can recover graph edges with decent accuracy from node embeddings alone.
Deep learning models for graphs have achieved strong performance for the task of node classification. Despite their proliferation, currently there is no study of their robustness to adversarial attacks. Yet, in domains where they are likely to be used, e.g. the web, adversaries are common. Can deep learning models for …
Recommender system is an important component of many web services to help users locate items that match their interests. Several studies showed that recommender systems are vulnerable to poisoning attacks, in which an attacker injects fake data to a given system such that the system makes recommendations as the attacke…
APGE protects graph node representations from inference attacks.
problem Privacy leakage in graph embedding methods.
method Adversarial training framework with disentangling and purging mechanisms.
result APGE preserves structural and utility attributes while concealing private information.
Deep learning models for graphs have advanced the state of the art on many tasks. Despite their recent success, little is known about their robustness. We investigate training time attacks on graph neural networks for node classification that perturb the discrete graph structure. Our core principle is to use meta-gradi…
Survey on adversarial attacks and defenses for images, graphs, and text.
problem Adversarial examples threaten the safety of deep learning applications.
method Review of adversarial attack and defense mechanisms for images, graphs, and text.
result Systematic overview of adversarial attacks and countermeasures.
Heterophily affects GNN robustness; separating ego- and neighbor-embeddings improves defense.
problem The robustness of GNNs to adversarial attacks.
method Formalized relation between heterophily and GNN robustness; empirical analysis; design principles for improved robustness.
result Separating ego- and neighbor-embeddings increases GNN robustness.
GTA is the first backdoor attack on GNNs, demonstrating vulnerabilities in graph-oriented security models.
problem Vulnerability of graph neural networks to backdoor attacks.
method Graph-oriented triggers, dynamic adaptation, model-agnostic, attack-extensible.
result Demonstrates severe threats to graph classification and node classification tasks.
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have boosted the performance of many graph related tasks such as node classification and graph classification. Recent researches show that graph neural networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, which deliberately add carefully created unnoticeable perturbation to the graph structure. …
Graph neural networks (GNNs) are widely used in many applications. However, their robustness against adversarial attacks is criticized. Prior studies show that using unnoticeable modifications on graph topology or nodal features can significantly reduce the performances of GNNs. It is very challenging to design robust …
Graph attacks can be successful with just a few bad nodes.
problem Adversarial attacks on graph neural networks.
method Identifying and exploiting anchor nodes to compromise graph models.
result A few bad nodes can significantly degrade graph model performance.
RoGAT enhances GAT robustness against adversarial attacks.
problem Vulnerability of GAT to adversarial attacks.
method Dynamic adjustment of edge weights and features, with an extra attention score.
result RoGAT outperforms other defensive methods in robustness tests.
Enhances GNN robustness against attacks.
problem Adversarial attacks on GNNs during training and testing.
method pLapGNN framework based on weighted p-Laplacian.
result Empirically validated robustness and efficiency.
Graph Information Bottleneck (GIB) optimizes graph representations for robustness against adversarial attacks.
problem Challenges in learning graph representations due to structure and feature information.
method GIB is an information-theoretic principle that balances expressiveness and robustness by maximizing mutual information between representation and target, while constraining mutual information with input data.
result GIB-based models are more robust to adversarial attacks, achieving up to 31% improvement.
Paper shows how to hide individuals in graphs to fool community detection models.
problem Adversarial attack on community detection models by hiding individuals.
method Iterative learning framework that updates a graph generator and a community detection model.
result Adversarial graphs generated by the method can fool multiple community detection models.
Unsupervised node embedding methods (e.g., DeepWalk, LINE, and node2vec) have attracted growing interests given their simplicity and effectiveness. However, although these methods have been proved effective in a variety of applications, none of the existing work has analyzed the robustness of them. This could be very r…
UAG defends GNNs against adversarial attacks by quantifying and explaining uncertainties.
problem Lack of uncertainty quantification in GNNs makes them vulnerable to adversarial attacks.
method UAG uses Bayesian Uncertainty Technique (BUT) and Uncertainty-aware Attention Technique (UAT).
result UAG outperforms state-of-the-art solutions in defending adversarial attacks on GNNs.
New method attacks GNNs with limited node access, increasing misclassification rate.
problem Attacking GNNs with limited node access and limited attack nodes.
method Generalized gradient-based attacks using importance scores derived from random walks.
result Proposed greedy procedure significantly increases misclassification rate.
Adversarial attacks on deep neural networks traditionally rely on a constrained optimization paradigm, where an optimization procedure is used to obtain a single adversarial perturbation for a given input example. In this work we frame the problem as learning a distribution of adversarial perturbations, enabling us to …
Survey of graph adversarial learning tasks and their attacks and defenses.
problem Uncertainty and unreliability of deep learning models on graphs against adversarial examples.
method Unified problem definition and comprehensive review of existing works.
result Unified definitions and taxonomies for graph adversarial learning tasks.
The goal of network representation learning is to learn low-dimensional node embeddings that capture the graph structure and are useful for solving downstream tasks. However, despite the proliferation of such methods, there is currently no study of their robustness to adversarial attacks. We provide the first adversari…
Unified framework for data poisoning attacks in graph-based semi-supervised learning.
problem Data poisoning attacks on graph-based semi-supervised learning.
method Unified formula for data poisoning attacks, specialized algorithms for regression and classification tasks.
result Data poisoning can be effective even with minimal perturbations.
Graphs can be fooled by small edge changes, but this work protects them.
problem Adversaries can manipulate graph data to mislead graph classification models.
method We introduce a smoothed graph classification model with a robustness guarantee.
result The smoothed model maintains consistent predictions under small adversarial perturbations.
Graph neural network (GNN), as a powerful representation learning model on graph data, attracts much attention across various disciplines. However, recent studies show that GNN is vulnerable to adversarial attacks. How to make GNN more robust? What are the key vulnerabilities in GNN? How to address the vulnerabilities …