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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 5d

Concluding the session was Srimoungchanh et al.'s "Assessing UAV Sensor Spoofing: More Than a GNSS Problem," which explores how sensor spoofing allows adversaries to control #UAVs beyond GNSS vulnerabilities. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 5/5
#Cybersecurity #DroneSecurity

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 5d

In the session's third slot was Wang et al.'s "VIMU: Effective Physics-based Realtime Detection and Recovery against Stealthy Attacks on UAVs," showcasing a robust system for identifying and countering sensor threats in UAVs. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 4/5
#Cybersecurity #UAV

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 5d

Following that, we had Park et al.'s "Leveraging Intensity as a New Feature to Detect Physical Adversarial Attacks Against LiDARs," showcasing a method that analyzes pulse intensity to enhance detection accuracy. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 3/5
#Cybersecurity #AutonomousVehicles

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 5d

First was Xia & Chen's "Moiré Injection Attack: Compromising Autonomous Vehicle Safety via Exploiting Camera's Color Filter Array (CFA) to Inject Hidden Traffic Sign" presenting attacks on #AutonomousVehicles, deceiving #AI without human detection. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 2/5

Xia & Chen's "Moiré Injection Attack(MIA): Compromising Autonomous Vehicle Safety via Exploiting Camera's Color Filter Array (CFA) to Inject Hidden Traffic Sign"

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 5d

For this #ThrowbackThursday, we will look at #ACSAC2024's (Autonomous) Vehicle Security session. The links in this thread will lead you to the paper pdfs and the slide decks, so be sure to check them out! 1/5

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Registration for #ACSAC2025 is now open! 📣 You can register for the conference through our website, early bird pricing is available until 15th November 2025:

Registration - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together cutting-edge researchers, with a broad cross-section of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest security results and topics. With peer reviewed technical papers, invited talks, panels, national interest discussions, and workshops, ACSAC continues its core mission of investigating practical solutions for computer and network security technology.

www.acsac.org

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Deadline alert 📣 TODAY is the deadline for submissions to the Workshop on AI for Cyber Threat Intelligence which is held as pre-conference workshop of #ACSAC2025: Find all details in the CfP on their website:

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 11d

Those who want to get a head start on their attendance of #ACSAC2025 can now book their rooms at the discounted conference rate: www.acsac.org/2025/v...

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

The last paper presented was Hegde et al.'s "Model-Manipulation Attacks Against Black-Box Explanations," exploring vulnerabilities in explanation methods like LIME and highlighting the need for trustworthy alternatives. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 6/6
#TrustworthyAI #ExplainableAI

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

The fourth paper in this session was Wang et al.'s "Physical ID-Transfer Attacks against Multi-Object Tracking via Adversarial Trajectory," revealing vulnerabilities in MOT systems through adversarial trajectories. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 5/6
#ComputerVision #Cybersecurity

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

After that came Doan et al.'s "On the Credibility of #Backdoor Attacks Against Object Detectors in the Physical World," revealing innovative methods to compromise real-world detection tasks with physical object-triggered backdoors. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 4/6
#AI

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

Following that, we had Tao et al.'s "Exploring Inherent Backdoors in #DeepLearning Models," highlighting vulnerabilities in clean models and identifying 315 backdoors in trusted sources. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 3/6
#AI #Cybersecurity

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

First up in the session was Warnecke et al.'s "Evil from Within: Machine Learning #Backdoors Through Dormant Hardware Trojans," highlighting a novel hardware-based backdoor attack on ML systems without altering model or software. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 2/6
#HardwareSecurity

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 12d

For this #ThrowbackThursday, we will look at #ACSAC2024's second Machine Learning Security session, which focussed on Backdoors & Attacks. The links in this thread will lead you to the paper pdfs and the slide decks, so be sure to check them out! 1/6

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 20d

📣 Friendly reminder for all students 📣 If you are a student and want to attend #ACSAC2025, you can apply for a Student Conferenceship! The deadline is just two days away: 26th September 2025. All details can be found on our website:

Call for Student Conferenceships Awards - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together cutting-edge researchers, with a broad cross-section of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest security results and topics. With peer reviewed technical papers, invited talks, panels, national interest discussions, and workshops, ACSAC continues its core mission of investigating practical solutions for computer and network security technology.

www.acsac.org

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 22d

You have previously published a cybersecurity artifact in a peer-reviewed venue? Then submit it to #ACSAC2025's Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition! The deadline for submissions has just been extended to 17th October 2015. All infos on our website:

Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together cutting-edge researchers, with a broad cross-section of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest security results and topics. With peer reviewed technical papers, invited talks, panels, national interest discussions, and workshops, ACSAC continues its core mission of investigating practical solutions for computer and network security technology.

www.acsac.org

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 25d

📣 If you have not submitted your poster or work-in-progress to #ACSAC2025 yet, the deadline got extended and today is your last chance! 📣You can find all the details for the call on our website:

Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together cutting-edge researchers, with a broad cross-section of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest security results and topics. With peer reviewed technical papers, invited talks, panels, national interest discussions, and workshops, ACSAC continues its core mission of investigating practical solutions for computer and network security technology.

www.acsac.org

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 25d

📣 This is the last call for submissions to #ACSAC2025's Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award 📣 The deadline is TODAY (AoE). You can find all the details of the competition on our website:

Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)

The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) brings together cutting-edge researchers, with a broad cross-section of security professionals drawn from academia, industry, and government, gathered to present and discuss the latest security results and topics. With peer reviewed technical papers, invited talks, panels, national interest discussions, and workshops, ACSAC continues its core mission of investigating practical solutions for computer and network security technology.

www.acsac.org

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

The final paper in this session was Fan et al.'s "Lightweight Secure Aggregation for Personalized Federated Learning with Backdoor Resistance," introducing FLIGHT, a robust method enhancing #security and #efficiency in #FederatedLearning. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 6/6
#AI

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

Fourth was Ali et al.'s "Adversarially Guided Stateful Defense Against Backdoor Attacks in Federated Deep Learning," which introduces a defense that outperforms SOTA methods through adversarial perturbations and trust index for cluster selection. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 5/6
#AI

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

The third presentation was Behnia et al.'s "Efficient Secure Aggregation for Privacy-Preserving Federated Machine Learning," introducing e-SeaFL, a protocol enhancing efficiency with minimal communication. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 4/6
#DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #AI

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

Then came Zari et al.'s "Link #Inference Attacks in Vertical Federated Graph Learning," revealing a potent gradient-based link information leakage threat, underscoring urgent defense needs. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 3/6
#CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #AI

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

Launching the session was Li et al.'s "FedCAP: Robust Federated Learning via Customized Aggregation and Personalization," showing a novel solution tackling data heterogeneity and Byzantine threats. (www.acsac.org/2024/p...) 2/6
#MLSecurity #CyberSecurity #AI

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 26d

For this #ThrowbackThursday, we will look at one of #ACSAC2024's Machine Learning Security sessions, specifically the one that focussed on #FederatedLearning. The links in this thread will lead you to the paper pdfs and the slide decks, so be sure to check them out! 1/6

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Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · 27d

📣 Today is deadline for the Cyber Security Experimentation and Test Workshop (held at #ACSAC2025) and for case study submissions to #ACSAC2025 📣 If your work fits any of these two, our website has the info:

CSET: https://cset25.isi.edu
Case studies: www.acsac.org/2025/s...