1. Malicious content
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:09 am
Let's look at some real-world negative impacts of using LLM-based tools and some strategies to mitigate them.
LLMs can boost productivity in many ways. Their ability to interpret our queries and solve fairly complex problems means we can offload mundane, time-consuming tasks to our favorite chatbot and simply check the results.
But of course, with great power comes great responsibility. While LLMs can create useful content and speed up software development, they can also provide quick access to harmful information, speed up attackers’ workflows, and even generate malicious content like phishing emails and malware. The term “script kiddie” (an amateur hacker who relies on third-party software and scripts) takes on a whole new meaning when the barrier to entry is as low as writing a well-written chatbot prompt.
While there are ways to restrict access to objectively dangerous content, they are not always feasible or effective. For hosted services like chatbots, content filtering can at least help slow down an inexperienced user. Implementing strong content filters should be mandatory, but they are not bulletproof.
2. Entering special hints
Crafted hints can cause LLMs to ignore content bahrain mobile database and return illegal results. This is a problem with all LLMs, but will soon become more severe as these models are connected to the outside world, such as plugins for ChatGPT. This could allow chatbots to “evaluate” user-created code, which could lead to arbitrary code execution (ACE). From a security perspective, equipping a chatbot with such functionality is highly problematic.
To mitigate this issue, it’s important to understand the capabilities of your LLM-based solution and how it interacts with external endpoints. Determine if it’s connected to an API, has a social media account, or interacts with your customers without control, and evaluate your flow model accordingly.
LLMs can boost productivity in many ways. Their ability to interpret our queries and solve fairly complex problems means we can offload mundane, time-consuming tasks to our favorite chatbot and simply check the results.
But of course, with great power comes great responsibility. While LLMs can create useful content and speed up software development, they can also provide quick access to harmful information, speed up attackers’ workflows, and even generate malicious content like phishing emails and malware. The term “script kiddie” (an amateur hacker who relies on third-party software and scripts) takes on a whole new meaning when the barrier to entry is as low as writing a well-written chatbot prompt.
While there are ways to restrict access to objectively dangerous content, they are not always feasible or effective. For hosted services like chatbots, content filtering can at least help slow down an inexperienced user. Implementing strong content filters should be mandatory, but they are not bulletproof.
2. Entering special hints
Crafted hints can cause LLMs to ignore content bahrain mobile database and return illegal results. This is a problem with all LLMs, but will soon become more severe as these models are connected to the outside world, such as plugins for ChatGPT. This could allow chatbots to “evaluate” user-created code, which could lead to arbitrary code execution (ACE). From a security perspective, equipping a chatbot with such functionality is highly problematic.
To mitigate this issue, it’s important to understand the capabilities of your LLM-based solution and how it interacts with external endpoints. Determine if it’s connected to an API, has a social media account, or interacts with your customers without control, and evaluate your flow model accordingly.