{"title":"SparseLeakyNets: Classification Prediction Attack Over Sparsity-Aware Embedded Neural Networks Using Timing Side-Channel Information","authors":"Saurav Maji;Kyungmi Lee;Anantha P. Chandrakasan","doi":"10.1109/LCA.2024.3397730","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This letter explores security vulnerabilities in sparsity-aware optimizations for Neural Network (NN) platforms, specifically focusing on timing side-channel attacks introduced by optimizations such as skipping sparse multiplications. We propose a classification prediction attack that utilizes this timing side-channel information to mimic the NN's prediction outcomes. Our techniques were demonstrated for CIFAR-10, MNIST, and biomedical classification tasks using diverse dataflows and processing loads in timing models. The demonstrated results could predict the original classification decision with high accuracy.","PeriodicalId":51248,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Computer Architecture Letters","volume":"23 1","pages":"133-136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Computer Architecture Letters","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10521735/","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This letter explores security vulnerabilities in sparsity-aware optimizations for Neural Network (NN) platforms, specifically focusing on timing side-channel attacks introduced by optimizations such as skipping sparse multiplications. We propose a classification prediction attack that utilizes this timing side-channel information to mimic the NN's prediction outcomes. Our techniques were demonstrated for CIFAR-10, MNIST, and biomedical classification tasks using diverse dataflows and processing loads in timing models. The demonstrated results could predict the original classification decision with high accuracy.
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