Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network

Wenbo ZHAO; Zitong MA; Zhe YANG

doi:10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069

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- Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network
- Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security Vol. 9, Issue 5, Pages: 166-177(2023)
- 作者机构：
  
  1. 苏州大学计算机科学与技术学院，江苏苏州 215006
  2. 江苏省计算机信息处理技术重点实验室，江苏苏州 215006
  3. 江苏省大数据智能工程实验室，江苏苏州 215006
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- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069
  CLC： TP399
- Online First：2023-10，
  
  Published：25 October 2023
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Wenbo ZHAO, Zitong MA, Zhe YANG. Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network[J]. Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security, 2023, 9(5): 166-177.
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Wenbo ZHAO, Zitong MA, Zhe YANG. Model of the malicious traffic classification based on hypergraph neural network[J]. Chinese Journal of Network and Information Security, 2023, 9(5): 166-177. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.2096-109x.2023069.

摘要

随着网络的普及和依赖程度的不断增加，恶意流量的泛滥已经成为网络安全领域的严重挑战。在这个数字时代，网络攻击者不断寻找新的方式来侵入系统、窃取数据和破坏网络服务。开发更有效的入侵检测系统，及时发现并应对恶意流量，可以应对网络攻击的持续威胁，极大地减少网络攻击带来的损失。然而现有的恶意流量分类方法存在一些限制，其中之一是过度依赖对数据特征的选择。为了提高恶意流量分类的效果，提出了一种创新的方法，即基于超图神经网络的恶意流量分类模型。这一模型的核心思想是将流量数据表示为超图结构，并利用超图神经网络（HGNN，hypergraph neural network）来捕获流量的空间特征。HGNN 能够更全面地考虑流量数据之间的关系，从而更准确地表征恶意流量的特征。此外，为了处理流量数据的时间特征，引入了循环神经网络（RNN，recurrent neural network），进一步提高了分类模型的性能。最终，提取的时空特征被用于进行恶意流量分类，从而帮助检测网络中的潜在威胁。通过一系列消融实验，验证了HGNN+RNN模型的有效性，证明其能够高效提取流量的时空特征，从而改善了恶意流量的分类性能。在3个广泛使用的开源数据集，即NSL-KDD、UNSW-NB15和CIC-IDS-2017上，模型取得了卓越的分类准确率，分别达到了94%、95.6%和99.08%。这些结果表明，基于超图神经网络的恶意流量分类模型在提高网络安全水平方面具有潜在的重要意义，有望帮助网络安全领域更好地应对不断演变的网络威胁。

Abstract

As the use and reliance on networks continue to grow

the prevalence of malicious network traffic poses a significant challenge in the field of network security.Cyber attackers constantly seek new ways to infiltrate systems

steal data

and disrupt network services.To address this ongoing threat

it is crucial to develop more effective intrusion detection systems that can promptly detect and counteract malicious network traffic

thereby minimizing the resulting losses.However

current methods for classifying malicious traffic have limitations

particularly in terms of excessive reliance on data feature selection.To improve the accuracy of malicious traffic classification

a novel malicious traffic classification model based on Hypergraph Neural Networks (HGNN) was proposed.The traffic data was represented as hypergraph structures and HGNN was utilized to capture the spatial features of the traffic.By considering the interrelations among traffic data

HGNN provided a more accurate representation of the characteristics of malicious traffic.Additionally

to handle the temporal features of traffic data

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) was introduced to further enhance the model’s classification performance.The extracted spatiotemporal features were then used for the classification of malicious traffic

aiding in the detection of potential threats within the network.Through a series of ablative experiments

the effectiveness of the HGNN+RNN method was verified.These experiments demonstrate the model’s ability to efficiently extract spatiotemporal features from traffic

resulting in improved classification performance for malicious traffic.The model achieved outstanding classification accuracy across three widely-used open-source datasets: NSL-KDD (94% accuracy)

UNSW-NB15 (95.6% accuracy)

and CIC-IDS-2017 (99.08% accuracy).These results underscore the potential significance of the malicious traffic classification model based on hypergraph neural networks in enhancing network security and its capacity to better address the evolving landscape of network threats within the domain of network security.

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