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Achieving Interpretable DL-based Web Attack Detection through Malicious Payload Localization

Jan 1, 2026·
Peiyang Li
,
Fukun Mei
,
Ye Wang
Zhuotao Liu
Zhuotao Liu
,
Ke Xu
,
Chao Shen
,
Qian Wang
,
Qi Li
· 0 min read
Publication
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2026
Last updated on Jan 1, 2026
Zhuotao Liu
Authors
Zhuotao Liu
Associate Professor
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