New 'Thermal Topology Collapse' attack targets infrared pedestrian detectors

Researchers have developed a Universal Physical Patch Attack (UPPA) that targets infrared pedestrian detection systems. This attack framework utilizes smooth, low-frequency thermal structures rather than visible-light textures. The UPPA is optimized using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and can be deployed as wearable cold patches without needing sample-specific re-optimization. Experiments demonstrated a 92.59% attack success rate in real-world scenarios, highlighting a practical vulnerability in current infrared detection systems. AI

IMPACT Highlights a practical vulnerability in infrared vision systems, potentially impacting autonomous driving and surveillance.

RANK_REASON The item is a research paper detailing a new attack method. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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• arXiv
• Curved-Blocks
• Expectation over Transformation (EOT)
• Hugging Face
• Infrared pedestrian detectors
• Universal Physical Patch Attack (UPPA)
• Yikun Guo

• paper
• safety

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