Eroding Trust In Aerial Imagery: Comprehensive Analysis and Evaluation Of Adversarial Attacks In Geospatial Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07389v1
• Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:05:12 GMT
• Title: Eroding Trust In Aerial Imagery: Comprehensive Analysis and Evaluation Of Adversarial Attacks In Geospatial Systems
• Authors: Michael Lanier, Aayush Dhakal, Zhexiao Xiong, Arthur Li, Nathan Jacobs, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
• Abstract summary: We show how adversarial attacks can degrade confidence in geospatial systems. We empirically show their threat to remote sensing systems using high-quality SpaceNet datasets.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In critical operations where aerial imagery plays an essential role, the integrity and trustworthiness of data are paramount. The emergence of adversarial attacks, particularly those that exploit control over labels or employ physically feasible trojans, threatens to erode that trust, making the analysis and mitigation of these attacks a matter of urgency. We demonstrate how adversarial attacks can degrade confidence in geospatial systems, specifically focusing on scenarios where the attacker's control over labels is restricted and the use of realistic threat vectors. Proposing and evaluating several innovative attack methodologies, including those tailored to overhead images, we empirically show their threat to remote sensing systems using high-quality SpaceNet datasets. Our experimentation reflects the unique challenges posed by aerial imagery, and these preliminary results not only reveal the potential risks but also highlight the non-trivial nature of the problem compared to recent works.

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