Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network

As the use and reliance on networks continue to grow, the prevalence of malicious network traffic poses a significant challenge in the field of network security.Cyber attackers constantly seek new ways to infiltrate systems, steal data, and disrupt network services.To address this ongoing threat, it...

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Main Authors: Wenbo ZHAO, Zitong MA, Zhe YANG
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Language:English
Published: POSTS&TELECOM PRESS Co., LTD 2023-10-01
Series:网络与信息安全学报
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Online Access:http://www.cjnis.com.cn/thesisDetails#10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069
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description As the use and reliance on networks continue to grow, the prevalence of malicious network traffic poses a significant challenge in the field of network security.Cyber attackers constantly seek new ways to infiltrate systems, steal data, and disrupt network services.To address this ongoing threat, it is crucial to develop more effective intrusion detection systems that can promptly detect and counteract malicious network traffic, thereby minimizing the resulting losses.However, current methods for classifying malicious traffic have limitations, particularly in terms of excessive reliance on data feature selection.To improve the accuracy of malicious traffic classification, a novel malicious traffic classification model based on Hypergraph Neural Networks (HGNN) was proposed.The traffic data was represented as hypergraph structures and HGNN was utilized to capture the spatial features of the traffic.By considering the interrelations among traffic data, HGNN provided a more accurate representation of the characteristics of malicious traffic.Additionally, to handle the temporal features of traffic data, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) was introduced to further enhance the model’s classification performance.The extracted spatiotemporal features were then used for the classification of malicious traffic, aiding in the detection of potential threats within the network.Through a series of ablative experiments, the effectiveness of the HGNN+RNN method was verified.These experiments demonstrate the model’s ability to efficiently extract spatiotemporal features from traffic, resulting in improved classification performance for malicious traffic.The model achieved outstanding classification accuracy across three widely-used open-source datasets: NSL-KDD (94% accuracy), UNSW-NB15 (95.6% accuracy), and CIC-IDS-2017 (99.08% accuracy).These results underscore the potential significance of the malicious traffic classification model based on hypergraph neural networks in enhancing network security and its capacity to better address the evolving landscape of network threats within the domain of network security.
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spelling doaj-art-b3ec4cc8950a4485ac77f8131ce7b8b32025-08-20T02:42:17ZengPOSTS&TELECOM PRESS Co., LTD网络与信息安全学报2096-109X2023-10-01916617759581496Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural networkWenbo ZHAOZitong MAZhe YANGAs the use and reliance on networks continue to grow, the prevalence of malicious network traffic poses a significant challenge in the field of network security.Cyber attackers constantly seek new ways to infiltrate systems, steal data, and disrupt network services.To address this ongoing threat, it is crucial to develop more effective intrusion detection systems that can promptly detect and counteract malicious network traffic, thereby minimizing the resulting losses.However, current methods for classifying malicious traffic have limitations, particularly in terms of excessive reliance on data feature selection.To improve the accuracy of malicious traffic classification, a novel malicious traffic classification model based on Hypergraph Neural Networks (HGNN) was proposed.The traffic data was represented as hypergraph structures and HGNN was utilized to capture the spatial features of the traffic.By considering the interrelations among traffic data, HGNN provided a more accurate representation of the characteristics of malicious traffic.Additionally, to handle the temporal features of traffic data, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) was introduced to further enhance the model’s classification performance.The extracted spatiotemporal features were then used for the classification of malicious traffic, aiding in the detection of potential threats within the network.Through a series of ablative experiments, the effectiveness of the HGNN+RNN method was verified.These experiments demonstrate the model’s ability to efficiently extract spatiotemporal features from traffic, resulting in improved classification performance for malicious traffic.The model achieved outstanding classification accuracy across three widely-used open-source datasets: NSL-KDD (94% accuracy), UNSW-NB15 (95.6% accuracy), and CIC-IDS-2017 (99.08% accuracy).These results underscore the potential significance of the malicious traffic classification model based on hypergraph neural networks in enhancing network security and its capacity to better address the evolving landscape of network threats within the domain of network security.http://www.cjnis.com.cn/thesisDetails#10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069malicious trafficcyberattackhypergraph neural networkrecurrent neural network
spellingShingle Wenbo ZHAO
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Zhe YANG
Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
网络与信息安全学报
malicious traffic
cyberattack
hypergraph neural network
recurrent neural network
title Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
title_full Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
title_fullStr Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
title_full_unstemmed Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
title_short Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
title_sort model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
topic malicious traffic
cyberattack
hypergraph neural network
recurrent neural network
url http://www.cjnis.com.cn/thesisDetails#10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069
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