Temporal Analysis of Adversarial Attacks in Federated Learning

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Main Authors: Mapakshi, Rohit, Akther, Sayma, Stamp, Mark
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author Mapakshi, Rohit
Akther, Sayma
Stamp, Mark
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Akther, Sayma
Stamp, Mark
contents In this paper, we experimentally analyze the robustness of selected Federated Learning (FL) systems in the presence of adversarial clients. We find that temporal attacks significantly affect model performance in the FL models tested, especially when the adversaries are active throughout or during the later rounds. We consider a variety of classic learning models, including Multinominal Logistic Regression (MLR), Random Forest, XGBoost, Support Vector Classifier (SVC), as well as various Neural Network models including Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Convolution Neural Network (CNN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). Our results highlight the effectiveness of temporal attacks and the need to develop strategies to make the FL process more robust against such attacks. We also briefly consider the effectiveness of defense mechanisms, including outlier detection in the aggregation algorithm.
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spellingShingle Temporal Analysis of Adversarial Attacks in Federated Learning
Mapakshi, Rohit
Akther, Sayma
Stamp, Mark
Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
In this paper, we experimentally analyze the robustness of selected Federated Learning (FL) systems in the presence of adversarial clients. We find that temporal attacks significantly affect model performance in the FL models tested, especially when the adversaries are active throughout or during the later rounds. We consider a variety of classic learning models, including Multinominal Logistic Regression (MLR), Random Forest, XGBoost, Support Vector Classifier (SVC), as well as various Neural Network models including Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Convolution Neural Network (CNN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). Our results highlight the effectiveness of temporal attacks and the need to develop strategies to make the FL process more robust against such attacks. We also briefly consider the effectiveness of defense mechanisms, including outlier detection in the aggregation algorithm.
title Temporal Analysis of Adversarial Attacks in Federated Learning
topic Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11054