Summary of Malicious Internet Entity Detection Using Local Graph Inference, by Simon Mandlik et al.
Malicious Internet Entity Detection Using Local Graph Inference
by Simon Mandlik, Tomas Pevny, Vaclav Smidl, Lukas Bajer
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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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 proposes a novel approach for detecting malicious behavior in large networks by modeling network entity interactions as a large heterogeneous graph. The authors design a neural network architecture called HMILnet that naturally models this type of data and provides theoretical guarantees for high expressivity. To achieve scalability, the method pursues local graph inference, classifying individual vertices and their neighborhood as independent samples. Compared to existing solutions, including the state-of-the-art Probabilistic Threat Propagation (PTP) algorithm, HMILnet demonstrates improved accuracy and generalization capabilities. The proposed approach is capable of further improving its performance with additional data, unlike PTP. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine trying to find bad guys in a huge network like the internet. Right now, it’s hard for computers to do this job well because they need models that are both good at recognizing patterns and can handle lots of data. This paper presents a new way to look at networks by treating them like big graphs with many connected points. They create a special kind of computer program called HMILnet that is great at understanding these graph-like networks and can make good predictions about what’s happening in the network. The best part is that this program gets even better when it has more data to learn from, unlike other methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Generalization * Inference * Neural network
