6 papers
EtherBee: A Global Dataset of Ethereum Node Performance Measurements Coupled with Honeypot Interactions and Full Network Sessions
Scott Seidenberger, Anindya Maiti
We introduce EtherBee, a global dataset integrating detailed Ethereum node metrics, network traffic metadata, and honeypot interaction logs collected from ten geographically divers…
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Prompts? Efficacy of Iterative Human-Driven Prompt Refinement in Image Regeneration Tasks
Khoi Trinh, Scott Seidenberger, Raveen Wijewickrama +2
With AI-generated content becoming ubiquitous across the web, social media, and other digital platforms, it is vital to examine how such content are inspired and generated. The cre…
Initial Evidence of Elevated Reconnaissance Attacks Against Nodes in P2P Overlay Networks
Scott Seidenberger, Anindya Maiti
We hypothesize that peer-to-peer (P2P) overlay network nodes can be attractive to attackers due to their visibility, sustained uptime, and resource potential. Towards validating th…
Spiking Neural Networks in Vertical Federated Learning: Performance Trade-offs
Maryam Abbasihafshejani, Anindya Maiti, Murtuza Jadliwala
Federated machine learning enables model training across multiple clients while maintaining data privacy. Vertical Federated Learning (VFL) specifically deals with instances where…
Towards a Game-theoretic Understanding of Explanation-based Membership Inference Attacks
Kavita Kumari, Murtuza Jadliwala, Sumit Kumar Jha +1
Model explanations improve the transparency of black-box machine learning (ML) models and their decisions; however, they can also be exploited to carry out privacy threats such as…
Stake Your Claim: Zero-Trust Validator Deployment Leveraging NFTs and Smart Contracts in Proof-of-Stake Networks
Scott Seidenberger, Alec Sokol, Anindya Maiti
We present a novel method for a multi-party, zero-trust validator infrastructure deployment arrangement via smart contracts to secure Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains. The proposed…