Invisible Backdoor Attack
Invisible backdoor attacks exploit vulnerabilities in machine learning models to introduce malicious functionality without noticeable alterations to the model's normal behavior. Current research focuses on developing increasingly stealthy attacks, employing techniques like steganography, generative adversarial networks, and manipulation of semantic or frequency-domain features to embed triggers within data or model parameters across various architectures, including diffusion models and federated learning systems. This research is crucial because these attacks can compromise the security and reliability of AI systems in diverse applications, ranging from image classification and object detection to cross-modal learning and person re-identification, necessitating the development of robust defenses.