The rapid proliferation of Internet of things (IoT) devices has significantly expanded the cyber-attack surface, necessitating robust and privacy-preserving intrusion detection systems (IDS). However, centralized learning approaches often suffer from severe performance degradation due to high-dimensional traffic data, extreme class imbalance, and highly non-independent and identically distributed (non-IID) data across heterogeneous edge devices.
arXiv:2609.39584v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Edge computing has emerged as a critical computing paradigm in modern distributed systems by migrating data processing closer to end users and Intern...
By Zawad Yalmie Sazid, Robert Abbas
arXiv:2606. 00134v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in Internet of Things (IoT) environments face significant challenges due to data heterogeneity, lack of labeled data, and limited model interpretability.
By Ambreen Aslam, Maaz Hassan, Bibi Zahra, Muhammad Khuram Shahzad
arXiv:2607. 01305v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are essential for monitoring network traffic and identifying malicious activities in modern cyber-physical, Internet of Things (IoT), enterprise, and distributed network environments.
By Jiefei Liu, Abu Saleh Md Tayeen, Pratyay Kumar, Qixu Gong, Wenbin Jiang, Huiping Cao, Satyajayant Misra, Jayashree Harikumar
The paper explores how to combine Federated Learning with TinyML model compression techniques—such as knowledge distillation, structured pruning, and quantization—to create lightweight, privacy‑preserving intrusion detection systems for IoT devices. It evaluates these strategies within a federated training pipeline and finds that training stability is crucial; a server‑coordinated cosine learning‑rate schedule boosts Attack Recall from 46.7% to 93.85% while still allowing significant model compression and efficient edge deployment.
By Younsoo Park, Seokhyoen Bae, Shasi Kumar Ramachandran Prabhu, Suman Saha, Peilong Li
arXiv:2608. 04073v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personalized Federated Learning (PFL) has emerged as a promising solution for intrusion detection in heterogeneous IoT environments, as it can improve local adaptation under highly Non-Independent and Identically Distributed (non-IID) data distributions.
By An Khanh Bui, Cong Thanh Nguyen, Hoang-Anh Pham, Hoang Thai Dinh, Diep N. Nguyen
The paper introduces a novel zero‑shot anomaly detection framework for multivariate IoT traffic data that combines adversarial learning and contrastive loss within a sequence‑based Variational Autoencoder. It achieves domain‑invariant latent representations and semantically structured embeddings without labeled data, using encoder/decoder adaptor layers to align feature distributions and a destination‑based segmentation strategy to model real‑world communication patterns. The method is evaluated on six diverse datasets across 44 transfer scenarios, showing strong zero‑shot generalization and competitive performance against a contrastive domain‑adaptation baseline in heterogeneous, privacy‑constrained IoT environments.
By Mahshid Rezakhani, Tolunay Seyfi, Fatemeh Afghah
arXiv:2412.06210v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), federated learning (FL) has gained increasing attention for its privacy-preserving use...
By Jiechao Gao, Yuangang Li, Jie Wang, Yue Zhao, Michael Lepech, Brad Campbell
arXiv:2607. 08978v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Distributed IoT systems generate multivariate time-series streams for monitoring physical assets, servers, and embedded sensing platforms.
By Tung-Anh Nguyen, Van-Phuc Bui, Anh Tuyen Le, Kim Hue Ta, Minh Thuy Le, J. Andrew Zhang, Xiaojing Huang
arXiv:2608. 06447v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In modern distributed network environments, particularly in Internet of Things infrastructures and 5G networks, stringent privacy preservation and scalability requirements have created significant challenges for intrusion detection systems.
By Mohammad Hosssein Gholamrezazadeh, Ahmadreza MontazerolghaemAhmadreza Montazerolghaem
arXiv:2606. 26822v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Federated Learning (FL) has become a foundational paradigm for privacy-preserving distributed intelligence, yet its scalability remains fundamentally constrained by communication bottlenecks, device heterogeneity, and the challenges of training under statistically non-IID data.
By Farwa Ikram, Dipanwita Thakur, Antonella Guzzo, Giancarlo Fortino
arXiv:2607. 02981v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT) emphasize the urgent need for advanced network security, as IoT networks feature dynamic topologies, imbalanced traffic, and complex attack patterns.
By Long Zhao, Shixun Ji, Bin Cheng, Bin He