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Category-Specific Trigger Backdoor Attacks on Graph Neural Networks

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Yi-Wen Jiang
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Wensi Liu
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L. G. Shao *
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刘东毅 (Dongyi Liu)
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Jiangtong Li
DOI:10.1142/S0218001425500429delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have achieved remarkable success in various applications, while still exhibiting high vulnerability to backdoor attacks when applied to node classification. Existing single-category attack methods typically rely on adaptive triggers that force victim nodes to be misclassified into a fixed target label, but they often neglect the inherent structural and feature priors associated with the target category. In this work, we propose a novel and effective backdoor attack framework Category-Specific Trigger Backdoor Attacks (CSTBA), employing category-specific information to generate more natural and unnoticeable triggers. Specifically, we introduce a Category-Specific Subgraph Triggers Pool (CS-STP) to capture representative patterns of the target category, along with a Match-and-Attach Strategy (MAS) to unnoticeably attach triggers to victim nodes, thereby ensuring that the modifications remain effective and unnoticeable within the graph. Extensive experiments on multiple benchmark datasets demonstrate that our method significantly enhances both the attack success rate (ASRs) and the unnoticeability of the attack compared with existing single-category approaches, highlighting the critical importance of category-aware trigger design in GNN backdoor attacks.
Keywords:
Backdoor attacks
graph neural networks
adversarial machine learning
graph security

Journal

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence cover
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
IF:
1.1
Papers:
200
Citations:
2.0K

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tongji university
Scholars:
7.8W
Papers: 5.9W
Citations: 98
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state grid corporation of china
Scholars:
2.1K
Papers: 754
Citations: 0