
The Engorgio Attack: A New LLM Security Threat
How malicious prompts can overwhelm language models
Researchers reveal a novel vulnerability in LLMs where specially crafted Engorgio prompts can dramatically increase computation costs and inference latency.
- Attackers can design prompts that force LLMs to generate unusually long responses
- These attacks could potentially disrupt services and increase operational costs
- The research demonstrates practical methods to generate these adversarial prompts
- The findings highlight the need for robust defenses against inference-time attacks
This security research matters because as LLMs become more integrated into critical systems, understanding and mitigating such vulnerabilities is essential for maintaining reliable AI services.