Cisco: Fine-tuned LLMs are now threat multipliers—22x more likely to go rogue

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Weaponized large language models (LLMs) fine-tuned with offensive tradecraft are reshaping cyberattacks, forcing CISOs to rewrite their playbooks. They’ve proven capable of automating reconnaissance, impersonating identities and evading real-time detection, accelerating large-scale social engineering attacks. Models, including FraudGPT, GhostGPT and DarkGPT, retail for as little as $75 a month and are purpose-built for attack strategies such as phishing, exploit generation, code obfuscation, vulnerability scanning and credit card validation. Cybercrime gangs, syndicates and nation-states see revenue opportunities in providing platforms, kits and leasing access to weaponized LLMs today. These LLMs are being packaged much like legitimate businesses package and sell SaaS apps. Leasing a weaponized LLM often includes access to dashboards, APIs, regular updates a ... Read full article.