How NOT to Train Your Hack Bot: Dos and Don'ts of Building Offensive GPTs

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Learn the dos and don'ts of building offensive GPTs, exploring the limitations and challenges of Large Language Models (LLMs) in vulnerability discovery, detection engineering, and code analysis.

Key takeaways
  • LLMs (Large Language Models) are not suitable for building offensive tools, as they are designed for general-purpose language understanding and generation, not for specific tasks like vulnerability discovery.
  • LLMs can be used for vulnerability discovery, but they are not effective for finding complex vulnerabilities, and their performance can be improved by fine-tuning and using additional data.
  • The foundation of detection engineering is not just about building models, but also about understanding the context and limitations of the models.
  • LLMs can be used for generating fuzzing inputs, but they are not effective for finding vulnerabilities that require human intuition and creativity.
  • The hallucination problem is a major issue in LLMs, where the model generates responses that are not based on the input data, but rather on its own understanding of the context.
  • The structure of the training data has a significant impact on the performance of LLMs, and the model’s ability to generalize to new data.
  • LLMs can be used for code analysis, but they are not effective for finding vulnerabilities that require deep understanding of the code.
  • The best defense is a good offense, and LLMs can be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of vulnerability discovery.
  • The future of LLMs in vulnerability discovery is promising, but it requires further research and development to overcome the limitations and challenges of the technology.