Agentic and Generative AI for Open-Source Intelligence and Cyber Investigations: Taxonomy, Evaluation, Challenges, and Future Directions

The rapid growth of publicly available digital information has rendered manual open-source intelligence OSINT analysis insufficient for modern intelligence, cybersecurity, and cyber investigation. Large language models LLMs and agentic AI systems, capable of tool use, multi-step reasoning, and...

SoK: AI-Augmented Binary Reversing

Binary reversing is fundamental to software understanding, vulnerability discovery, malware investigation, and firmware auditing. However, it remains inherently challenging due to the irreversible loss of semantic information during compilation. Recent advances in machine learning, large language...

Adversarial Defense in Cybersecurity: a Systematic Review of GANs for Threat Detection and Mitigation

Machine learning-based cybersecurity systems are highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks, while Generative Adversarial Networks GANs act as both powerful attack enablers and promising defenses. This survey systematically reviews GAN-based adversarial defenses in cybersecurity 2021--August 31,...

A Comprehensive Survey on Underwater Acoustic Target Positioning and Tracking: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives

Underwater target tracking technology plays a pivotal role in marine resource exploration, environmental monitoring, and national defense security. Given that acoustic waves represent an effective medium for long-distance transmission in aquatic environments, underwater acoustic target tracking h...

SoK: Machine Unlearning for Large Language Models

Large language model LLM unlearning has become a critical topic in machine learning, aiming to eliminate the influence of specific training data or knowledge without retraining the model from scratch. A variety of techniques have been proposed, including Gradient Ascent, model editing, and...

Private Transformer Inference in MLaaS: a Survey

Transformer models have revolutionized AI, powering applications like content generation and sentiment analysis. However, their deployment in Machine Learning as a Service MLaaS raises significant privacy concerns, primarily due to the centralized processing of sensitive user data. Private...