7 papers
When HTTP 402 Meets the Blockchain: Risks on Emerging x402 Payments
Qinying Wang, Yong Yang, Yuan Chen +2
x402 is an emerging payment protocol for Web APIs and autonomous AI agents. x402 extends HTTP 402 with a payment negotiation flow and delegates payment proof verification and on-ch…
Securing the AI Agent: A Unified Framework for Multi-Layer Agent Red Teaming
Yong Yang, Xing Zheng, Huiyu Wu +7
The fast growth of open-source AI infrastructure, from model serving engines and agent platforms to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem and the language models themselves, h…
Understanding and Mitigating Prompt Leaking Attacks in Real-World LLM-Based Applications
Yong Yang, Chong Fu, Tong Zhang +6
Large language model (LLM)-based applications rely on system prompts to encode core logic and developer-defined constraints, making these prompts important intellectual property. H…
Customization under Fire: Plugin Poisoning in Text-to-Image Ecosystem
Jiahao Chen, Xing He, Yong Yang +6
The prosperity of text-to-image (T2I) models has fostered a vibrant share-and-play ecosystem centered on Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) plugins, which allow users to customize and shar…
Shattering the Echo Chamber: Hidden Safeguards in Manuscripts Against the AI Takeover of Peer Review
Oubo Ma, Ruixiao Lin, Jiahao Chen +3
As LLMs become increasingly capable, editorial boards and program committees are growing concerned about reviewers who fully outsource peer review to commercial chatbots. This conc…
Reformulation is All You Need: Addressing Malicious Text Features in DNNs
Yi Jiang, Oubo Ma, Yong Yang +2
Human language encompasses a wide range of intricate and diverse implicit features, which attackers can exploit to launch adversarial or backdoor attacks, compromising DNN models f…