Untraceable DeepFakes via Traceable Fingerprint Elimination

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Autores principales: Lai, Jiewei, Zhang, Lan, Tang, Chen, Sun, Pengcheng, Wang, Xinming, Wang, Yunhao
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author Lai, Jiewei
Zhang, Lan
Tang, Chen
Sun, Pengcheng
Wang, Xinming
Wang, Yunhao
author_facet Lai, Jiewei
Zhang, Lan
Tang, Chen
Sun, Pengcheng
Wang, Xinming
Wang, Yunhao
contents Recent advancements in DeepFakes attribution technologies have significantly enhanced forensic capabilities, enabling the extraction of traces left by generative models (GMs) in images, making DeepFakes traceable back to their source GMs. Meanwhile, several attacks have attempted to evade attribution models (AMs) for exploring their limitations, calling for more robust AMs. However, existing attacks fail to eliminate GMs' traces, thus can be mitigated by defensive measures. In this paper, we identify that untraceable DeepFakes can be achieved through a multiplicative attack, which can fundamentally eliminate GMs' traces, thereby evading AMs even enhanced with defensive measures. We design a universal and black-box attack method that trains an adversarial model solely using real data, applicable for various GMs and agnostic to AMs. Experimental results demonstrate the outstanding attack capability and universal applicability of our method, achieving an average attack success rate (ASR) of 97.08\% against 6 advanced AMs on DeepFakes generated by 9 GMs. Even in the presence of defensive mechanisms, our method maintains an ASR exceeding 72.39\%. Our work underscores the potential challenges posed by multiplicative attacks and highlights the need for more robust AMs.
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spellingShingle Untraceable DeepFakes via Traceable Fingerprint Elimination
Lai, Jiewei
Zhang, Lan
Tang, Chen
Sun, Pengcheng
Wang, Xinming
Wang, Yunhao
Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
Recent advancements in DeepFakes attribution technologies have significantly enhanced forensic capabilities, enabling the extraction of traces left by generative models (GMs) in images, making DeepFakes traceable back to their source GMs. Meanwhile, several attacks have attempted to evade attribution models (AMs) for exploring their limitations, calling for more robust AMs. However, existing attacks fail to eliminate GMs' traces, thus can be mitigated by defensive measures. In this paper, we identify that untraceable DeepFakes can be achieved through a multiplicative attack, which can fundamentally eliminate GMs' traces, thereby evading AMs even enhanced with defensive measures. We design a universal and black-box attack method that trains an adversarial model solely using real data, applicable for various GMs and agnostic to AMs. Experimental results demonstrate the outstanding attack capability and universal applicability of our method, achieving an average attack success rate (ASR) of 97.08\% against 6 advanced AMs on DeepFakes generated by 9 GMs. Even in the presence of defensive mechanisms, our method maintains an ASR exceeding 72.39\%. Our work underscores the potential challenges posed by multiplicative attacks and highlights the need for more robust AMs.
title Untraceable DeepFakes via Traceable Fingerprint Elimination
topic Cryptography and Security
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03067