backdoor pattern

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000379",
  "term": "backdoor pattern",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A transformation or insertion applied to a data sample that triggers an adversary-specified behaviour in a model that has been subject to a backdoor poisoning attack. For example, in computer vision, an adversary could poison a model such that the insertion of a square of white pixels induces a desired target label.",
  "references": [
    "NIST AI 100-2e2025",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/backdoor-pattern/"
}