journal article·2025-10-02Open access

Cyber Coercion Detection Using LLM-Assisted Multimodal Biometric System

Abdulaziz Almehmadi

Applied Sciences· Volume 15· Issue 19

Abstract

Cyber coercion, where legitimate users are forced to perform actions under duress, poses a serious insider threat to modern organizations, especially to critical infrastructure. Traditional security controls and monitoring tools struggle to distinguish coerced actions from normal user actions. In this paper, we propose a cyber coercion detection system that analyzes a user’s activity using an integrated large language model (LLM) to evaluate contextual cues from user commands or actions and current policies and procedures. If the LLM indicates coercion, behavioral methods, such as keystroke dynamics and mouse usage patterns, and physiological signals such as heart rate are analyzed to detect stress or anomalies indicative of duress. Experimental results show that the LLM-assisted multimodal approach shows potential in detecting coercive activity with and without detected coercive communication, where multimodal biometrics assist the confidence of the LLM in cases in which it does not detect coercive communication. The proposed system may add a critical detection capability against coercion-based cyber-attacks, providing early warning signals that could inform defensive responses before damage occurs.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: User Authentication and Security Systems · Biometric Identification and Security · Cognitive Computing and Networks

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Affiliations

Department of IT, Faculty of Computing and IT, AIST Research Center, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 47512, Saudi Arabia

Funding

National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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