Adversarial Robustness of Link Sign Prediction in Signed Graphs

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Autores principales: Zhou, Jialong, Ai, Xing, Lai, Yuni, Michalak, Tomasz, Li, Gaolei, Li, Jianhua, Tang, Di, Zhang, Xingxing, Yang, Mengpei, Zhou, Kai
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author Zhou, Jialong
Ai, Xing
Lai, Yuni
Michalak, Tomasz
Li, Gaolei
Li, Jianhua
Tang, Di
Zhang, Xingxing
Yang, Mengpei
Zhou, Kai
author_facet Zhou, Jialong
Ai, Xing
Lai, Yuni
Michalak, Tomasz
Li, Gaolei
Li, Jianhua
Tang, Di
Zhang, Xingxing
Yang, Mengpei
Zhou, Kai
contents Signed graphs serve as fundamental data structures for representing positive and negative relationships in social networks, with signed graph neural networks (SGNNs) emerging as the primary tool for their analysis. Our investigation reveals that balance theory, while essential for modeling signed relationships in SGNNs, inadvertently introduces exploitable vulnerabilities to black-box attacks. To showcase this, we propose balance-attack, a novel adversarial strategy specifically designed to compromise graph balance degree, and develop an efficient heuristic algorithm to solve the associated NP-hard optimization problem. While existing approaches attempt to restore attacked graphs through balance learning techniques, they face a critical challenge we term "Irreversibility of Balance-related Information," as restored edges fail to align with original attack targets. To address this limitation, we introduce Balance Augmented-Signed Graph Contrastive Learning (BA-SGCL), an innovative framework that combines contrastive learning with balance augmentation techniques to achieve robust graph representations. By maintaining high balance degree in the latent space, BA-SGCL not only effectively circumvents the irreversibility challenge but also significantly enhances model resilience. Extensive experiments across multiple SGNN architectures and real-world datasets demonstrate both the effectiveness of our proposed balance-attack and the superior robustness of BA-SGCL, advancing the security and reliability of signed graph analysis in social networks. Datasets and codes of the proposed framework are at the github repository https://anonymous.4open.science/r/BA-SGCL-submit-DF41/.
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spellingShingle Adversarial Robustness of Link Sign Prediction in Signed Graphs
Zhou, Jialong
Ai, Xing
Lai, Yuni
Michalak, Tomasz
Li, Gaolei
Li, Jianhua
Tang, Di
Zhang, Xingxing
Yang, Mengpei
Zhou, Kai
Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
Signed graphs serve as fundamental data structures for representing positive and negative relationships in social networks, with signed graph neural networks (SGNNs) emerging as the primary tool for their analysis. Our investigation reveals that balance theory, while essential for modeling signed relationships in SGNNs, inadvertently introduces exploitable vulnerabilities to black-box attacks. To showcase this, we propose balance-attack, a novel adversarial strategy specifically designed to compromise graph balance degree, and develop an efficient heuristic algorithm to solve the associated NP-hard optimization problem. While existing approaches attempt to restore attacked graphs through balance learning techniques, they face a critical challenge we term "Irreversibility of Balance-related Information," as restored edges fail to align with original attack targets. To address this limitation, we introduce Balance Augmented-Signed Graph Contrastive Learning (BA-SGCL), an innovative framework that combines contrastive learning with balance augmentation techniques to achieve robust graph representations. By maintaining high balance degree in the latent space, BA-SGCL not only effectively circumvents the irreversibility challenge but also significantly enhances model resilience. Extensive experiments across multiple SGNN architectures and real-world datasets demonstrate both the effectiveness of our proposed balance-attack and the superior robustness of BA-SGCL, advancing the security and reliability of signed graph analysis in social networks. Datasets and codes of the proposed framework are at the github repository https://anonymous.4open.science/r/BA-SGCL-submit-DF41/.
title Adversarial Robustness of Link Sign Prediction in Signed Graphs
topic Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10590