ML Defender (ARGus NDR): An Open-Source Embedded ML NIDS for Botnet and Anomalous Traffic Detection in Resource-Constrained Organizations

Ransomware and DDoS attacks disproportionately impact hospitals, schools, and small organizations that cannot afford enterprise security solutions. We present ML Defender aRGus NDR, an open-source network intrusion detection system built in C++20, deployable on commodity hardware at approximately...