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most citedBadNL: Backdoor Attacks against NLP Models with Semantic-preserving Improvements

190 citations · 260 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cs.CR2026

DUPIN: Attack Learning Is Still Needed! Demonstrating Few-Shot after Unsupervised Pretraining Is A Nimble Forensics Learner

Chanwoo Bae, Hailun Ding, Shiqing Ma +1

We propose a novel approach to learning-based attack forensics called DUPIN. DUPIN performs unsupervised pre-training on an enormous amount of audit events in the form of provenanc…

cs.CV2024

How to Trace Latent Generative Model Generated Images without Artificial Watermark?

Zhenting Wang, Vikash Sehwag, Chen Chen +3

Latent generative models (e.g., Stable Diffusion) have become more and more popular, but concerns have arisen regarding potential misuse related to images generated by these models…

cs.CV2024

Invisible Backdoor Attack against Self-supervised Learning

Hanrong Zhang, Zhenting Wang, Boheng Li +7

Self-supervised learning (SSL) models are vulnerable to backdoor attacks. Existing backdoor attacks that are effective in SSL often involve noticeable triggers, like colored patche…

cs.SE2023

DREAM: Debugging and Repairing AutoML Pipelines

Xiaoyu Zhang, Juan Zhai, Shiqing Ma +1

Deep Learning models have become an integrated component of modern software systems. In response to the challenge of model design, researchers proposed Automated Machine Learning (…

cs.CV2023

Alteration-free and Model-agnostic Origin Attribution of Generated Images

Zhenting Wang, Chen Chen, Yi Zeng +2

Recently, there has been a growing attention in image generation models. However, concerns have emerged regarding potential misuse and intellectual property (IP) infringement assoc…

cs.CL2023★ 3 cited

NOTABLE: Transferable Backdoor Attacks Against Prompt-based NLP Models

Kai Mei, Zheng Li, Zhenting Wang +2

Prompt-based learning is vulnerable to backdoor attacks. Existing backdoor attacks against prompt-based models consider injecting backdoors into the entire embedding layers or word…

quant-ph2023

Data-driven Quantum Dynamical Embedding Method for Long-term Prediction on Near-term Quantum Computers

Tai-Ping Sun, Zhao-Yun Chen, Cheng Xue +7

The increasing focus on long-term time series prediction across various fields has been significantly strengthened by advancements in quantum computation. In this paper, we introdu…

cs.LG2023

CILIATE: Towards Fairer Class-based Incremental Learning by Dataset and Training Refinement

Xuanqi Gao, Juan Zhai, Shiqing Ma +3

Due to the model aging problem, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) need updates to adjust them to new data distributions. The common practice leverages incremental learning (IL), e.g., Cl…

cs.LG2023★ 7 cited

UNICORN: A Unified Backdoor Trigger Inversion Framework

Zhenting Wang, Kai Mei, Juan Zhai +1

The backdoor attack, where the adversary uses inputs stamped with triggers (e.g., a patch) to activate pre-planted malicious behaviors, is a severe threat to Deep Neural Network (D…

cs.CR2023★ 5 cited

Gradient Shaping: Enhancing Backdoor Attack Against Reverse Engineering

Rui Zhu, Di Tang, Siyuan Tang +4

Most existing methods to detect backdoored machine learning (ML) models take one of the two approaches: trigger inversion (aka. reverse engineer) and weight analysis (aka. model di…

cs.CR2022★ 19 cited

Rethinking the Reverse-engineering of Trojan Triggers

Zhenting Wang, Kai Mei, Hailun Ding +2

Deep Neural Networks are vulnerable to Trojan (or backdoor) attacks. Reverse-engineering methods can reconstruct the trigger and thus identify affected models. Existing reverse-eng…

cs.CL2022

Apple of Sodom: Hidden Backdoors in Superior Sentence Embeddings via Contrastive Learning

Xiaoyi Chen, Baisong Xin, Shengfang Zhai +3

This paper finds that contrastive learning can produce superior sentence embeddings for pre-trained models but is also vulnerable to backdoor attacks. We present the first backdoor…

cs.CV2022★ 3 cited

BppAttack: Stealthy and Efficient Trojan Attacks against Deep Neural Networks via Image Quantization and Contrastive Adversarial Learning

Zhenting Wang, Juan Zhai, Shiqing Ma

Deep neural networks are vulnerable to Trojan attacks. Existing attacks use visible patterns (e.g., a patch or image transformations) as triggers, which are vulnerable to human ins…

cs.LG2022★ 4 cited

FairNeuron: Improving Deep Neural Network Fairness with Adversary Games on Selective Neurons

Xuanqi Gao, Juan Zhai, Shiqing Ma +3

With Deep Neural Network (DNN) being integrated into a growing number of critical systems with far-reaching impacts on society, there are increasing concerns on their ethical perfo…

cs.LG2022★ 12 cited

Training with More Confidence: Mitigating Injected and Natural Backdoors During Training

Zhenting Wang, Hailun Ding, Juan Zhai +1

The backdoor or Trojan attack is a severe threat to deep neural networks (DNNs). Researchers find that DNNs trained on benign data and settings can also learn backdoor behaviors, w…

cs.SE2021★ 10 cited

Finding Deviated Behaviors of the Compressed DNN Models for Image Classifications

Yongqiang Tian, Wuqi Zhang, Ming Wen +4

Model compression can significantly reduce the sizes of deep neural network (DNN) models, and thus facilitates the dissemination of sophisticated, sizable DNN models, especially fo…

cs.CV2021

TnT Attacks! Universal Naturalistic Adversarial Patches Against Deep Neural Network Systems

Bao Gia Doan, Minhui Xue, Shiqing Ma +2

Deep neural networks are vulnerable to attacks from adversarial inputs and, more recently, Trojans to misguide or hijack the model's decision. We expose the existence of an intrigu…

cs.LG2021★ 7 cited

EX-RAY: Distinguishing Injected Backdoor from Natural Features in Neural Networks by Examining Differential Feature Symmetry

Yingqi Liu, Guangyu Shen, Guanhong Tao +3

Backdoor attack injects malicious behavior to models such that inputs embedded with triggers are misclassified to a target label desired by the attacker. However, natural features…

cs.CR2020★ 190 cited

BadNL: Backdoor Attacks against NLP Models with Semantic-preserving Improvements

Xiaoyi Chen, Ahmed Salem, Dingfan Chen +5

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have progressed rapidly during the past decade and have been deployed in various real-world applications. Meanwhile, DNN models have been shown to be vu…