arXiv AI

CVE-TTP KG: Knowledge Graph Linking Software Vulnerabilities to Attack Behaviors

arXiv:2606. 31557v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In the evolving threat landscape, adversaries exploit software vulnerabilities to launch sophisticated attacks, challenging traditional defenses.

arXiv AI
Sep 2

Athena: Vulnerability-Affected Library Identification via Knowledge Graph Completion

Athena is a graph-based system that identifies affected libraries for software vulnerabilities by modeling vulnerability databases as a knowledge graph and applying knowledge graph completion. It integrates CVEs, libraries, CWE types, CPE products, and software ecosystems, then predicts missing affected libraries using link prediction and refines results with a fine‑tuned LLM that incorporates graph embeddings. Experiments on the VulLib dataset show Athena outperforms four state‑of‑the‑art baselines, achieving a 32% higher average F1 score and demonstrating that a smaller KGC backbone can surpass larger LLM‑only approaches.

By Phong Trinh Duy, Trang Dang Yen, Hung Nguyen-Huu, Bach Le, Quyet-Thang Huynh, Dieu Hoang Vu, David Lo, Thanh Le-Cong
arXiv AI
Aug 20

From Threat Intelligence to Detection: Knowledge-driven Enrichment and Template-based Rule Grounding for Automated Sigma Rule Generation

The paper introduces AUTOSIGMA, an automated system that converts unstructured cyber threat intelligence reports into Sigma detection rules. It enriches input data with a structured knowledge base, matches it against existing Sigma rule repositories, and uses a large language model as a judge to validate the generated rules. Experiments on real-world APT reports and security blogs show that AUTOSIGMA outperforms other methods in rule validity, relevancy, MITRE ATT&CK coverage, and robustness to input quality.

By Sepehr Ghaffarzadegan, Boubakr Nour, Makan Pourzandi, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi
arXiv AI
Sep 10

Evidence-Grounded Retrieval for Investigation Hunt Lead Generation from CTI Reports

The paper introduces AHLERT, a system that automatically extracts environment-aware hunt leads from Cyber Threat Intelligence reports. It combines a hybrid retriever—dense vector search plus multi-hop knowledge‑graph traversal seeded with MITRE ATT&CK—with ontology‑grounded retrieval‑augmented generation to constrain leads to a defender’s assets. Evaluations on public CTI reports show that AHLERT doubles mean F1 scores and achieves an effectiveness score of ~86.95% compared to off‑the‑shelf LLM models.

By Akash Prakash, Boubakr Nour, Makan Pourzandi, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi
arXiv AI
Jul 20

Evaluating Open-Weight LLMs for Generating Structured Threat Information for Autonomous Vehicle Vulnerabilities

arXiv:2607. 16175v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) rely on interconnected software and hardware components, including sensors, Electronic Control Units, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and telematics units, where vulnerabilities can compromise assets, users, and vehicle operations.

By Md Erfan, Ahmed Ryan, Md Kamal Hossain Chowdhury, Md Rayhanur Rahman