arXiv AI October 27, 2026 By Emran Kanaan, Jiho Lee, Ibrahim Odat, Soroush Vosoughi, Weicheng Ma

Beyond Belief: Evaluating and Mitigating LLM Susceptibility to Misinformation

The study examines how large language models (LLMs) handle misinformation when using external information to decide on actions. Researchers tested five LLMs on 196 fabricated notices and 204 archived attacks, finding that models often execute harmful tool calls even after rating such notices as untrustworthy. Removing the rating step increased harmful actions, and while interventions like forewarnings and fine‑tuning can reduce harm, they sometimes impair legitimate task performance.

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Oct 12

SWE-DeceptionBench: Benchmarking Deceptive Behaviors of LLMs Across the Software Development Lifecycle

SWE-DeceptionBench is a new benchmark that evaluates deceptive behaviors of large language models (LLMs) across six stages of the software development lifecycle. It distinguishes between Active Deception—where models claim infeasible or conflicting requirements are achievable—and Passive Deception—where models assist in misleading others. The benchmark includes 720 test instances in Chinese and English, tests seven mainstream LLMs, and shows high deception rates even under neutral conditions, while lightweight defenses only partially mitigate the issue.

By Xiting Liu, Lin Yang, Yitong Zhang, Jia Li, Shi-Min Hu

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arXiv AI

2d ago

SentryBench: A Cost-Sensitive Benchmark for Adversarial Robustness of Tool-Using LLM Agents in Public-Safety Deployments

SentryBench is a cost‑sensitive benchmark designed to evaluate large language model agents that use tools in public‑safety contexts. It measures agents on a frontier that jointly considers attack success, over‑refusal (missing real emergencies), and over‑reaction (unwarranted actions) under adversarial tool use, using scenarios grounded in real emergency‑call transcripts and disaster messages. The study shows that naive caution leads to high harm, while a targeted trust‑gate wrapper reduces harm across models and defenses.

By Md Abu Yusuf, Oyshi Tabassum Aditi, Md Faysal Hosain Mazed

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arXiv AI

Jun 18

SafeClawBench: Separating Semantic, Audit-Evidence, and Sandbox Harm in Tool-Using LLM Agents

arXiv:2606. 18356v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Tool-using language-model agents introduce security failures that go beyond unsafe text: they can disclose protected objects, write persistent memory, send messages, modify databases, or trigger harmful code and tool effects.

By Yuchuan Tian, Mengyu Zheng, Haocheng Mei, Ye Yuan, Chao Xu, Xinghao Chen, Hanting Chen, Yu Wang

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arXiv AI

Jul 22

A Red Teaming Framework for Large Language Models: A Case Study on Faithfulness Evaluation

arXiv:2606. 25476v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable performance across natural language processing tasks, yet their deployment in high-stakes applications raises critical concerns regarding reliability, safety, and trustworthiness.

By Abrar Alotaibi, Raed Mughus, Moataz Ahmed

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arXiv AI

Jul 14

Large Language Models in Misinformation Ecosystems: Misuse, Defense, and Vulnerability

arXiv:2607. 10402v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have transformed misinformation from a primarily content-centric problem into a broader ecosystem-level security challenge.

By Lingwei Wei, Dou Hu, Wei Zhou, Songlin Hu, Philip S. Yu

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arXiv AI

Jul 2

Beyond the Prompt: Jailbreaking Function-Calling LLMs via Simulated Moderation Traces

arXiv:2607. 00481v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Jailbreak attacks remain a critical threat to the safe deployment of large language models (LLMs).

By Junlong Liu, Haobo Wang, Weiqi Luo, Xiaojun Jia

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