{"slug": "how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words", "title": "How attackers actually use LLMs: in their own words", "summary": "In September 2026, a member of the Russian-language Exploit forum published a write-up describing how he uses mainstream AI assistants in everyday phishing and credential-theft operations, according to Lunar Cyber. The post addresses defenders' question of whether criminals have genuinely turned AI assistants into attack tools or whether the threat is mostly marketing.", "body_md": "The question, answered in the Exploit forum Defenders keep asking a simple question: have criminals really turned mainstream AI assistants into attack tools, or is this mostly marketing? In September 2026 a member of the Russian-language forum Exploit answered it himself. He published a write-up of how AI fits into his everyday phishing and credential […]\n\nThe post [How attackers actually use LLMs: in their own words](https://lunarcyber.com/blog/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words/) appeared first on [Lunar Cyber](https://lunarcyber.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words", "canonical_source": "https://lunarcyber.com/blog/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words/", "published_at": "2026-11-15 13:32:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-15 13:51:35.564540+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "large-language-models", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Exploit", "Lunar Cyber"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-attackers-actually-use-llms-in-their-own-words.jsonld"}}