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WHEN LLMS AUTONOMOUSLY ATTACK

engineering.cmu.edu5 min read

Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

A researcher at Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated that an LLM can coordinate a system of agents to recreate real-world attacks. As part of his PhD, Brian Singer recreated the network environment of the 2017 Equifax data breach and observed that an LLM could replicate the attack. These capabilities allow smaller organizations to use LLMs as dedicated red teamers.