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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Prabhat Kumar Mishra, Gainesville, FL (US);
Zhixin Pan, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a robust backdoor attack on machine learning (ML)-based detection systems that can be applied to demonstrate and identify vulnerabilities thereof. In various embodiments, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based Trojan attack is generated and implanted inside a ML model trained for classification and/or detection tasks, and the AI-based Trojan attack can be triggered by specific inputs to manipulate the expected outputs of the ML model. Analysis of the behavior of an ML model having the AI-based Trojan implanted (and/or triggered) then enables identification of vulnerabilities of the ML model and further enables the design of ML models with improved security. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fast and cost-effective solution in achieving 100% attack success rate that significantly outperforms adversarial attacks on ML models, thereby improving applicability and depth in testing ML-based detection systems.