When LLMs Go Online: The Emerging Threat of Web-Enabled LLMs

Hanna Kim from KAIST explores the significant cybersecurity risks posed by web-enabled Large Language Model (LLM) agents. The research investigates how these agents, equipped with web search and navigation tools, can be misused to automate and scale cyberattacks involving personal data, such as PII collection, impersonation, and spear-phishing, while easily bypassing existing safety measures.