Summary of Intruding with Words: Towards Understanding Graph Injection Attacks at the Text Level, by Runlin Lei et al.
Intruding with Words: Towards Understanding Graph Injection Attacks at the Text Level
by Runlin Lei, Yuwei Hu, Yuchen Ren, Zhewei Wei
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper delves into the realm of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and their vulnerability to Graph Injection Attacks (GIAs). Specifically, it focuses on injecting malicious textual content into graphs rather than just node embeddings. The authors introduce three novel attack designs that inject textual features, showcasing the importance of text interpretability in determining attack strength. Notably, the Word-frequency-based Text-level GIA (WTGIA) balances performance and interpretability well. However, defenders can counter these attacks by leveraging customized text embedding methods or large language model (LLM)-based predictors. This research highlights the significance of exploring text-level GIAs to strengthen defenses. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about making Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) more secure. Right now, attackers can inject fake information into graphs and make GNNs think it’s real. The researchers in this paper want to see how far they can go with this kind of attack. They came up with three new ways to do this, which are a bit like spam emails but for graphs. What they found is that the attacks work better if you use words that are common and make sense. But there’s good news too – people who want to defend against these attacks can use special computer programs or huge language models to catch them. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Embedding » Large language model
