Robustness of Federated Malware Detection Under Byzantine Attacks in IoT Networks

Abstract

Abstract: This report synthesises findings from 9 peer-reviewed papers addressing the following research question: How do different aggregation algorithms (FedAvg, FedProx, FedNova) affect the robustness of federated malware detection systems against Byzantine attacks on IoT networks when measured by model. This work investigates the possibilities enabled by federated learning concerning IoT malware detection and studies security issues inherent to this new learning paradigm. In this context, a framework that uses federated learning to detect malware affecting IoT devices is. 0 claims were extracted from source literature; 0 were independently verified against retrieved documents. An automated multi-reviewer quality assessment produced a score of 6.5/10. This report is a machine-generated literature synthesis and does not constitute original research.

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How do different aggregation algorithms (FedAvg, FedProx, FedNova) affect the robustness of federated malware detection systems against Byzantine attacks on IoT networks when measured by model accuracy degradation?

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