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Main Authors: Zhu, Peican, Pan, Zechen, Liu, Yang, Tian, Jiwei, Tang, Keke, Wang, Zhen
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15744
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author Zhu, Peican
Pan, Zechen
Liu, Yang
Tian, Jiwei
Tang, Keke
Wang, Zhen
author_facet Zhu, Peican
Pan, Zechen
Liu, Yang
Tian, Jiwei
Tang, Keke
Wang, Zhen
contents Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based fake news detectors apply various methods to construct graphs, aiming to learn distinctive news embeddings for classification. Since the construction details are unknown for attackers in a black-box scenario, it is unrealistic to conduct the classical adversarial attacks that require a specific adjacency matrix. In this paper, we propose the first general black-box adversarial attack framework, i.e., General Attack via Fake Social Interaction (GAFSI), against detectors based on different graph structures. Specifically, as sharing is an important social interaction for GNN-based fake news detectors to construct the graph, we simulate sharing behaviors to fool the detectors. Firstly, we propose a fraudster selection module to select engaged users leveraging local and global information. In addition, a post injection module guides the selected users to create shared relations by sending posts. The sharing records will be added to the social context, leading to a general attack against different detectors. Experimental results on empirical datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of GAFSI.
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spellingShingle A General Black-box Adversarial Attack on Graph-based Fake News Detectors
Zhu, Peican
Pan, Zechen
Liu, Yang
Tian, Jiwei
Tang, Keke
Wang, Zhen
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based fake news detectors apply various methods to construct graphs, aiming to learn distinctive news embeddings for classification. Since the construction details are unknown for attackers in a black-box scenario, it is unrealistic to conduct the classical adversarial attacks that require a specific adjacency matrix. In this paper, we propose the first general black-box adversarial attack framework, i.e., General Attack via Fake Social Interaction (GAFSI), against detectors based on different graph structures. Specifically, as sharing is an important social interaction for GNN-based fake news detectors to construct the graph, we simulate sharing behaviors to fool the detectors. Firstly, we propose a fraudster selection module to select engaged users leveraging local and global information. In addition, a post injection module guides the selected users to create shared relations by sending posts. The sharing records will be added to the social context, leading to a general attack against different detectors. Experimental results on empirical datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of GAFSI.
title A General Black-box Adversarial Attack on Graph-based Fake News Detectors
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15744