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TACTIC-KG: Toward Small Agent Teams for Cyber Threat Intelligence Knowledge Graph Construction

arXiv:2607. 05001v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) reports are predominantly unstructured, heterogeneous, and noisy, which limits their direct usability for automated analysis and reasoning.

arXiv AI

Jul 2

Toward Cybersecurity-Expert Small Language Models

arXiv:2510. 14113v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are transforming everyday applications, yet deployment in cybersecurity lags due to a lack of high-quality, domain-specific models and training datasets.

By Matan Levi, Daniel Ohayon, Ariel Blobstein, Ravid Sagi, Ian Molloy, Yair Allouche

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arXiv Machine Learning

2d ago

ATLAS: Discovering Agent Strategies through LLM-Guided Abstraction and Automata Learning

arXiv:2608. 14352v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM)-based agents are increasingly used for complex tasks such as software testing and cybersecurity assessment.

By Ignacio D. Lopez-Miguel, Andreas Happe, J\"urgen Cito, Ezio Bartocci, Bettina K\"onighofer, Martin Tappler

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arXiv AI

Jul 14

SMETA-ZSL:Semantic Meta-Alignment for Zero-Shot Threat Classification

arXiv:2607. 09936v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Cybersecurity systems must adapt rapidly to emerging threats.

By Ivan Alejandro Montoya Sanchez, Anantaa Kotal, Aritran Piplai

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arXiv AI

Jun 6

CTIConnect: A Benchmark for Retrieval-Augmented LLMs over Heterogeneous Cyber Threat Intelligence

arXiv:2510. 11974v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is foundational to modern cybersecurity, enabling organizations to proactively defend against evolving threats.

By Yutong Cheng, Yang Liu, Changze Li, Dawn Song, Peng Gao

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arXiv Machine Learning

Aug 3

Distilling Knowledge from Large Language Models into Lightweight Reinforcement Learning Agents for Autonomous Cyber Operations

arXiv:2607. 28826v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous Cyber Operations (ACO) are increasingly important for defending enterprise networks as cyber threats continue to evolve in sophistication.

By Konur Tholl, Fran\c{c}ois Rivest, Mariam El Mezouar, Adrian Taylor, Ranwa Al Mallah

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 17

Evaluating Open-Source LLMs for Multi-Label ATT&CK Technique Classification on CTI Reports

arXiv:2606. 18166v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Classifying Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) using MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) is essential for proactive defense, but historically required extensive human effort.

By Ahmed Ryan, Saad Sakib Noor, Md Erfan, Shaswata Mitra, Sudip Mittal, Md Rayhanur Rahman

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arXiv AI

Jul 20

ToolVerse: Unlocking Massive Environments and Long-Horizon Tasks for Agentic Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2607. 15660v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While LLM agents demonstrate strong reasoning abilities in compact and well-defined scenarios, they struggle to maintain robustness and effectiveness when faced with large-scale, diverse, and dynamic real-world environments that demand seamless tool integration.

By Shuaiyu Zhou, Fengpeng Yue, Zengjie Hu, Yuanzhe Shen, Chenyang Zhang, feng hong, Cao Liu, Ke Zeng

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arXiv AI

Jul 23

Small, Free, and Effective: Orchestrating Open-Weight Small Language Models to Outperform Single LLM for Malware Analysis

arXiv:2607. 20216v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Malware analysis demands rapid interpretation of complex detonation reports spanning filesystem, network, and process behaviours.

By Adel ElZemity, Shujun Li, Budi Arief

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arXiv AI

Jun 24

RIFT-Bench: Dynamic Red-teaming For Agentic AI Systems

arXiv:2606. 23927v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agentic AI systems powered by large language models (LLMs) are rapidly evolving into autonomous decision-making systems, exposing attack vectors beyond those of traditional LLM vulnerabilities.

By Yarin Yerushalmi Levi, Roy Betser, Amit Giloni, Lidor Erez, Itay Gershon, Oren Rachmil, Sindhu Padakandla, Roman Vainshtein

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arXiv AI

Jun 8

Small Language Model Agents Enable Efficient and High-Quality Knowledge Mining

arXiv:2510. 01427v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: At the core of Deep Research is knowledge mining, the task of extracting structured information from massive unstructured text in response to user instructions.

By Sipeng Zhang, Shuhuai Lin, Xinpeng Wei, Yihang Chen, Pin Qian, Su Wang, Huan Xu

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arXiv AI

Jul 7

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

arXiv:2607. 03233v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rapid growth of publicly available digital information has rendered manual open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis insufficient for modern intelligence, cybersecurity, and cyber investigation.

By Eduardo Almeida Palmieri, Mohamed Chahine Ghanem, Dipo Dunsin, Zubair Baig, Ed de Quincey, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

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arXiv AI

Jun 30

Translating Natural Language to Strategic Temporal Specifications via LLMs

arXiv:2606. 30441v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A rigorous formalization of system requirements is a fundamental prerequisite for the verification of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS).

By Marco Aruta, Francesco Improta, Vadim Malvone, Aniello Murano, Vladana Perlic

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