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Open datasets released by ByteDefend Cyber Lab and the Ariel Cyber Innovation Center for cybersecurity research.
Open datasets released by ByteDefend Cyber Lab & the Ariel Cyber Innovation Center for advancing cybersecurity research. We encourage the community to build on these resources.
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API Traffic Research Dataset Framework (ATRDF)
Ariel Cyber Innovation Center <> Cisco Competition • Released 2023 • Shmuel Lavian & Ariel University ACIC
A multi-level benchmark dataset of HTTP API traffic for binary and multi-class classification of malicious vs. benign API requests. Contains four progressively harder datasets covering diverse attack types, endpoint complexities, and parameter structures. Includes training, test, and held-out validation splits with a baseline Jupyter notebook.
4 Datasets
Progressive difficulty
7 Attack Types
SQLi, XSS, RCE, Log4J…
HTTP API Traffic
Real-world requests
Baseline Notebook
Python / scikit-learn
Datasets Overview
| Dataset | Description | Task | Baseline F1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dataset 1 | Basic API traffic, fewest attacks & endpoints | Binary (Benign / Malicious) | 0.968 |
| Dataset 2 | More attacks, ~2× endpoints, higher randomization | Binary | 0.978 |
| Dataset 3 | Complex parameters, authentic traffic patterns | Binary + Attack Type (7 classes) | 0.940 / 0.940 |
| Dataset 4 | Advanced: API redirection, deeper access, more types | Binary + Attack Type (7 classes) | 0.837 / 0.866 |
Attack Types Covered
SQL Injection Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution (RCE) Cookie Injection Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Log4J Log Forging
Citation
@misc{Lavian_ATRDF_2023,
author = {Lavian, Shmuel and {Ariel University, Ariel Cyber Innovation Center (ACIC)}},
title = ,
url = {https://github.com/ArielCyber/Cisco_Ariel_Uni_API_security_challenge},
year = {2023}
}
author = {Lavian, Shmuel and {Ariel University, Ariel Cyber Innovation Center (ACIC)}},
title = ,
url = {https://github.com/ArielCyber/Cisco_Ariel_Uni_API_security_challenge},
year = {2023}
}
Also used in: Aharon, Dubin, Dvir & Hajaj — Computers & Security, 2025