Mu Zhu

College of Engineering

Works (6)

Updated: December 13th, 2024 05:01

2024 article

Optimizing Effectiveness and Defense of Drone Surveillance Missions via Honey Drones

Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Zhu, M., Anwar, A., Kamhoua, C., & Singh, M. (2024, October 25). ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Vol. 24.

By: Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, M. Zhu n, A. Anwar *, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

author keywords: Defensive deception; deep reinforcement learning; unmanned aerial; vehicle; mission effectiveness
topics (OpenAlex): UAV Applications and Optimization; Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks; Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
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Added: October 25, 2024

2023 article

Deception in Drone Surveillance Missions: Strategic vs. Learning Approaches

Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Zhu, M., Anwar, A. H., Kamhoua, C., & Singh, M. (2023, September 28). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY, ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS, AND PROTOCOL DESIGN FOR MOBILE NETWORKS AND MOBILE COMPUTING, MOBIHOC 2023, pp. 382–387.

By: Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, M. Zhu n, A. Anwar*, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

author keywords: Honey drone; defensive deception; unmanned aerial vehicle; mission effectiveness; game theory; deep reinforcement learning
topics (OpenAlex): Network Security and Intrusion Detection; Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
TL;DR: This work proposes a unique proactive defense using honey drones (HD) for UAVs during surveillance operations to identify the optimal setting using deep reinforcement learning (DRL) or game theory and compares their performance with that of non-HD-based methods. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: December 11, 2023

2023 article

Resisting Multiple Advanced Persistent Threats via Hypergame-Theoretic Defensive Deception

Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Zhu, M., Anwar, A. H., Kamhoua, C. A., & Singh, M. P. (2023, February 7). IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 20, pp. 3816–3830.

By: Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, M. Zhu n, A. Anwar*, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

author keywords: Defensive deception; hypergame theory; expected utility; beliefs; advanced persistent threat; Hyper Nash Equilibrium
topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Network Security and Intrusion Detection; Smart Grid Security and Resilience
TL;DR: An attack-defense hypergame where multiple advanced persistent threat attackers and a single defender play a repeated game with different perceptions, and the DD strategies showed their highest advantages when the hypergame and machine learning are considered in terms of reduced false positives and negatives of the NIDS, system lifetime, and players’ perceived uncertainties and utilities. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: February 8, 2023

2022 article

Honeypot-Based Cyber Deception Against Malicious Reconnaissance via Hypergame Theory

Anwar, A. H., Zhu, M., Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Kamhoua, C. A., & Singh, M. P. (2022, December 4). GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, pp. 3393–3398.

By: A. Anwar*, M. Zhu n, Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

topics (OpenAlex): Network Security and Intrusion Detection; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Information and Cyber Security
TL;DR: A two-player hypergame model that characterizes how a defender should deploy low and high-interaction honeypots to defend the network against malicious reconnaissance activities is presented and the numerical results validate the effectiveness of the proposed honeypot system. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: May 1, 2023

2021 article

A Survey of Defensive Deception: Approaches Using Game Theory and Machine Learning

Zhu, M., Anwar, A. H., Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Kamhoua, C. A., & Singh, M. P. (2021, January 1). IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 23, pp. 2460–2493.

By: M. Zhu n, A. Anwar*, Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

author keywords: Games; Tutorials; Taxonomy; Computer security; Planning; Monitoring; Measurement; Defensive deception; cybersecurity; game theory; machine learning
topics (OpenAlex): Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Information and Cyber Security; Network Security and Intrusion Detection
TL;DR: This survey focuses on defensive deception research centered on game theory and machine learning, since these are prominent families of artificial intelligence approaches that are widely employed in defensive deception. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 20, 2021

2021 article

Foureye: Defensive Deception Against Advanced Persistent Threats via Hypergame Theory

Wan, Z., Cho, J.-H., Zhu, M., Anwar, A. H., Kamhoua, C. A., & Singh, M. P. (2021, October 6). IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 3.

By: Z. Wan *, J. Cho *, M. Zhu n, A. Anwar*, C. Kamhoua * & M. Singh n 

author keywords: Games; Uncertainty; Nash equilibrium; Analytical models; Stochastic processes; Reconnaissance; Predictive models; Defensive deception; hypergame theory; uncertainty; attacker; defender; advanced persistent threat
topics (OpenAlex): Information and Cyber Security; Advanced Malware Detection Techniques; Network Security and Intrusion Detection
TL;DR: This work forms a hypergame between an attacker and a defender where they can interpret the same game differently and accordingly choose their best strategy based on their respective beliefs, which gives a chance for defensive deception strategies to manipulate an attacker’s belief, which is the key to the attacker's decision-making. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 11, 2022

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