Serin: Researchers Demo a Backdoor Planted in an Open LLM
asankhs · reddit · 2026-10-30
Lambda Security published a research note, "Serin: A Backdoor Demonstration in an Open LLM," building and demonstrating a backdoor inside an open-weight LLM to illustrate the practical risk of backdoors in open model supply chains. The group specializes in static analysis, LLMs for security, and vulnerability detection.
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