arXiv:2606.14987v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-physical systems (CPS) increasingly rely on continual learning (CL) to adapt to evolving environments, device heterogeneity, and concept drift, thereby improving overall utility. While continual adaptation is essential for long-lived IoT deployments where data patterns evolve, it also introduces new security vulnerabilities. In particular, backdoor attacks can exploit incremental updates, replay buffers, and representation reuse to implant persistent malicious behaviors that remain dormant during normal operat
The increasing reliance on continual learning in IoT/CPS to adapt to evolving environments is creating new attack vectors, making security vulnerabilities like backdoor training more critical as these systems proliferate.
This highlights a significant and evolving cybersecurity risk for critical infrastructure and pervasive computing, where persistent malicious behaviors could be implanted without detection during normal operations.
The conventional security paradigm for IoT/CPS must now explicitly account for 'continual backdoor training,' requiring new methodologies for detecting and preventing attacks in dynamically updating systems.
- · Cybersecurity firms specializing in AI/ML threat detection
- · Developers of secure continual learning frameworks
- · Governments investing in critical infrastructure protection
- · IoT device manufacturers with poor security protocols
- · Sectors heavily reliant on unverified IoT/CPS deployments
- · Users of compromised IoT/CPS
Increased research and development into robust, verifiable continual learning algorithms for IoT and CPS.
New regulatory frameworks and certification processes for AI-enabled IoT/CPS to ensure resilience against advanced persistent threats.
Enhanced geopolitical tensions if nation-state actors are found exploiting these vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure across borders.
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