How Commercial LLMs Supercharge Automated Cyber Attacks (and What Engineers Can Do)
Commercial large language models are increasingly being used by cybercriminals to automate and scale traditional attacks like phishing and malware development. These LLMs enable attackers to generate highly personalized and context-aware lures, create polymorphic malware, and even automate post-breach activities such as lateral movement and data exfiltration. While LLMs also offer defensive capabilities for security teams, current research suggests offensive AI is outpacing defensive applications in the near term, necessitating new architectural defenses. AI
IMPACT LLMs are enabling sophisticated, scalable cyberattacks, requiring new defensive architectures and a shift in threat modeling for security professionals.