18 Ways Your LLM App Can Be Hacked (And How to Fix Them)
The article outlines 18 common security vulnerabilities in LLM-powered applications, ranging from prompt injection to supply chain attacks, emphasizing that traditional security measures are insufficient for these emerging threats. It highlights real-world attack methods such as jailbreaking, context stuffing, and insecure output handling that can compromise user data and system integrity. The author introduces a toolkit called miii-security to help developers audit and strengthen their LLM applications against these risks.
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