Infosec researcher maps 3 low-hanging abuse paths for open-weight models
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-11-09
In a reposted thread, security researcher octal outlines the obvious low-hanging fruit for malicious use of open-weight models in infosec: (1) insiders who already have access to internal knowledge — they start 95% of the way there; (2) attacking extremely niche or limited-availability tools; (3) social engineering and other breadth attacks. The upshot: open weights help most those attackers who already have context, not novices starting from scratch.
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