{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# CYB003 Baseline Classifier — Inference Example\n", "\n", "End-to-end demo: load the trained XGBoost and PyTorch MLP models from the Hugging Face repo and predict the **malware execution phase** of a new per-timestep telemetry record.\n", "\n", "**Models predict one of 10 phases:** `c2_communication`, `data_exfiltration`, `dormancy_dwell`, `initial_drop`, `lateral_movement`, `payload_execution`, `persistence_establishment`, `privilege_escalation`, `sandbox_evasion_stall`, `self_destruct_cleanup`.\n", "\n", "**This is a baseline reference model**, not a production sandbox or EDR. See the model card for full metrics and limitations." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 1. Install dependencies" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%pip install --quiet xgboost torch safetensors pandas numpy huggingface_hub" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 2. Download model artifacts from Hugging Face\n", "\n", "Five files are needed:\n", "- `model_xgb.json` — XGBoost weights\n", "- `model_mlp.safetensors` — PyTorch MLP weights\n", "- `feature_engineering.py` — feature pipeline (must match training)\n", "- `feature_meta.json` — feature column order + categorical levels\n", "- `feature_scaler.json` — MLP input standardization" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download\n", "\n", "REPO_ID = \"xpertsystems/cyb003-baseline-classifier\"\n", "\n", "files = {}\n", "for name in [\"model_xgb.json\", \"model_mlp.safetensors\",\n", " \"feature_engineering.py\", \"feature_meta.json\",\n", " \"feature_scaler.json\"]:\n", " files[name] = hf_hub_download(repo_id=REPO_ID, filename=name)\n", " print(f\" downloaded: {name}\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import sys, os\n", "fe_dir = os.path.dirname(files[\"feature_engineering.py\"])\n", "if fe_dir not in sys.path:\n", " sys.path.insert(0, fe_dir)\n", "\n", "from feature_engineering import transform_single, load_meta, INT_TO_LABEL" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 3. Load models and metadata" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import json\n", "import numpy as np\n", "import torch\n", "import torch.nn as nn\n", "import xgboost as xgb\n", "from safetensors.torch import load_file\n", "\n", "meta = load_meta(files[\"feature_meta.json\"])\n", "with open(files[\"feature_scaler.json\"]) as f:\n", " scaler = json.load(f)\n", "\n", "N_FEATURES = len(meta[\"feature_names\"])\n", "N_CLASSES = len(meta[\"int_to_label\"])\n", "print(f\"feature count: {N_FEATURES}\")\n", "print(f\"class count: {N_CLASSES}\")\n", "print(f\"label classes: {list(meta['int_to_label'].values())}\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# XGBoost\n", "xgb_model = xgb.XGBClassifier()\n", "xgb_model.load_model(files[\"model_xgb.json\"])\n", "\n", "# MLP architecture (must match training)\n", "class PhaseMLP(nn.Module):\n", " def __init__(self, n_features, n_classes=10, hidden1=128, hidden2=64, dropout=0.3):\n", " super().__init__()\n", " self.net = nn.Sequential(\n", " nn.Linear(n_features, hidden1),\n", " nn.BatchNorm1d(hidden1),\n", " nn.ReLU(),\n", " nn.Dropout(dropout),\n", " nn.Linear(hidden1, hidden2),\n", " nn.BatchNorm1d(hidden2),\n", " nn.ReLU(),\n", " nn.Dropout(dropout),\n", " nn.Linear(hidden2, n_classes),\n", " )\n", " def forward(self, x):\n", " return self.net(x)\n", "\n", "mlp_model = PhaseMLP(N_FEATURES, n_classes=N_CLASSES)\n", "mlp_model.load_state_dict(load_file(files[\"model_mlp.safetensors\"]))\n", "mlp_model.eval()\n", "print(\"models loaded\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 4. Prediction helper" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "MU = np.array(scaler[\"mean\"], dtype=np.float32)\n", "SD = np.array(scaler[\"std\"], dtype=np.float32)\n", "\n", "def predict_phase(record: dict) -> dict:\n", " \"\"\"Predict the execution phase for one per-timestep telemetry record.\n", "\n", " Returns a dict with both models' predictions and per-class probabilities.\n", " \"\"\"\n", " X = transform_single(record, meta)\n", "\n", " xgb_proba = xgb_model.predict_proba(X)[0]\n", " xgb_label = INT_TO_LABEL[int(np.argmax(xgb_proba))]\n", "\n", " Xs = ((X - MU) / SD).astype(np.float32)\n", " with torch.no_grad():\n", " logits = mlp_model(torch.tensor(Xs))\n", " mlp_proba = torch.softmax(logits, dim=1).numpy()[0]\n", " mlp_label = INT_TO_LABEL[int(np.argmax(mlp_proba))]\n", "\n", " return {\n", " \"xgboost\": {\n", " \"label\": xgb_label,\n", " \"probabilities\": {INT_TO_LABEL[i]: float(p) for i, p in enumerate(xgb_proba)},\n", " },\n", " \"mlp\": {\n", " \"label\": mlp_label,\n", " \"probabilities\": {INT_TO_LABEL[i]: float(p) for i, p in enumerate(mlp_proba)},\n", " },\n", " }" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 5. Run on an example record\n", "\n", "Real `lateral_movement` event lifted from the sample dataset: an APT-tier cryptominer at timestep 26 propagating laterally with 2 propagation events and 10 network connections. Both models should predict `lateral_movement`." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Real timestep record from the sample dataset (true phase: lateral_movement)\n", "example_record = {\n", " \"timestep\": 26,\n", " \"malware_family\": \"cryptominer\",\n", " \"threat_actor_tier\": \"apt\",\n", " \"target_platform\": \"windows_10_enterprise\",\n", " \"obfuscation_technique\": \"code_signing_abuse\",\n", " \"api_call_rate\": 1.4167,\n", " \"registry_write_count\": 0,\n", " \"network_connection_count\": 10,\n", " \"process_injection_flag\": 1,\n", " \"c2_beacon_interval_sec\": 0.0,\n", " \"detection_outcome\": \"signature_miss\",\n", " \"av_signature_hit_flag\": 0,\n", " \"sandbox_evasion_flag\": 0,\n", " \"lateral_propagation_count\": 2,\n", " \"privilege_escalation_flag\": 0,\n", " \"ep_stack\": \"deception_honeypot\",\n", " \"pe_entropy_mean\": 0.8336,\n", " \"pe_entropy_std\": 0.25,\n", " \"import_hash_cluster\": 498,\n", " \"section_count\": 2,\n", " \"packed_section_ratio\": 0.7558,\n", " \"string_entropy_mean\": 0.5727,\n", " \"byte_histogram_chi2\": 45.52,\n", " \"code_section_rx_ratio\": 0.3628,\n", " \"resource_section_entropy\": 0.4418,\n", " \"suspicious_import_count\": 11,\n", " \"packer_detected_flag\": 1,\n", "}\n", "\n", "result = predict_phase(example_record)\n", "\n", "print(f\"XGBoost -> {result['xgboost']['label']}\")\n", "for lbl, p in sorted(result['xgboost']['probabilities'].items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])[:5]:\n", " print(f\" P({lbl:30s}) = {p:.4f}\")\n", "\n", "print(f\"\\nMLP -> {result['mlp']['label']}\")\n", "for lbl, p in sorted(result['mlp']['probabilities'].items(), key=lambda x: -x[1])[:5]:\n", " print(f\" P({lbl:30s}) = {p:.4f}\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Note: when the two models disagree\n", "\n", "XGBoost and the MLP can disagree on records far from the training-data manifold or in the three phases the baseline finds genuinely hard (`dormancy_dwell`, `sandbox_evasion_stall`, `self_destruct_cleanup`, each spanning the full timestep range). Disagreement is a useful signal: hand those cases to a human analyst or to a more expensive sequence-based detector." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 6. Batch prediction on the sample dataset" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download\n", "import pandas as pd\n", "\n", "ds_path = snapshot_download(repo_id=\"xpertsystems/cyb003-sample\", repo_type=\"dataset\")\n", "samples = pd.read_csv(f\"{ds_path}/malware_samples.csv\")\n", "\n", "# Score the first 200 timesteps\n", "sample = samples.head(200).copy()\n", "preds = [predict_phase(row.to_dict())[\"xgboost\"][\"label\"] for _, row in sample.iterrows()]\n", "sample[\"xgb_pred\"] = preds\n", "\n", "ct = pd.crosstab(sample[\"execution_phase\"], sample[\"xgb_pred\"],\n", " rownames=[\"true\"], colnames=[\"pred\"])\n", "print(\"Confusion on first 200 sample rows (XGBoost):\")\n", "print(ct)\n", "acc = (sample[\"execution_phase\"] == sample[\"xgb_pred\"]).mean()\n", "print(f\"\\nbatch accuracy on first 200 rows (in-distribution): {acc:.4f}\")\n", "print(\"\\nNote: these rows include training-set samples. See validation_results.json\\n\"\n", " \"for proper held-out test metrics from disjoint samples.\")" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 7. Next steps\n", "\n", "- See `validation_results.json` for held-out test metrics (15 disjoint samples, 900 timesteps).\n", "- See `multi_seed_results.json` for the across-10-seeds robustness picture (accuracy 0.905 ± 0.010).\n", "- See `ablation_results.json` for per-feature-group contribution. `timestep` carries the dominant signal — kill chains progress in time, malware execution does too.\n", "- The model card's **Limitations** section explains why `dormancy_dwell`, `sandbox_evasion_stall`, and `self_destruct_cleanup` are hard.\n", "- For the full 280k-row CYB003 dataset and commercial licensing, contact **pradeep@xpertsystems.ai**." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "name": "python", "version": "3.10" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }