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Aug 2026
Feature-guided transformer approach for detecting distributed denial of service attacks
A transformer-based classifier for DDoS detection on the CIC-DDoS2019 dataset demonstrates stable convergence and generalization across folds, highlighting the strength of attention mechanisms in capturing feature dependencies, while also pointing to future directions such as real-time deployment, explainability, and resilience to zero-day attacks.
Lokeshwaran Kanagaraj, Raguraman Purushothaman, Sathya Subramanian et al.
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