Can ChatGPT weaponize phishing ?
With 450,000 malwares detected every day and staggering 3.4 billion daily phishing emails entering inboxes , the addition of ChatGPT is likely to take attack and defence to a new level explains David Hoelzer at SANS Institute .
The launch of ChatGPT took the world by storm creating a host of new opportunities and challenges , virtually overnight . With capabilities to generate infinite realistic responses and to perform a host of useful and creative applications it ’ s no wonder the tool captured the attention of millions .
From simple email drafting , to helping students pass exams , to writing code , or even just generating song lyrics and jokes , new AI tools have a lot to offer a lot of people from any walk of life with limitless applications for everything from work to leisure time .
If an email had typos , then it set phishing alarm bells ringing . Now it is the opposite , and we advise all to look for typos as a positive sign that the email is probably from a human !
The technology sophistication has wowed the world but as the dust settles and the hype calms , inevitable questions on what these tools mean for the future of cybersecurity are fast clouding the knee-jerk enthusiasm . In our always-on digital world opportunistic hackers are known to take advantage of any new tool for their own benefit and the reality of technology is that nothing is ever completely fool proof .
Technology is built by humans and with human beings comes human error , so technology advancement presents yet more new toys for hackers to play with . So , what are the actual drawbacks and how can we stay on the front foot to ensure AI brings benefits and not just another cybersecurity pitfall to swerve ?
Chatbot misuse
ChatGPT has gripped the world but amid the hype and enormous potential , it is important to come to grips with the reality and understand the real impact of advanced AI solutions . While the machine learning chatbot has game-changing capabilities , it is also plumping up hackers ’ toolkits , with criminals able to find ways to use , abuse , and trick the system into performing tasks that play right into the hackers ’ hands .
With 450,000 new pieces of malware detected every day and a staggering 3.4 billion daily phishing emails entering our inboxes , attacks of this nature have become so commonplace and sophisticated that they are harder than ever to detect .
Now the excitement of the AI tools has settled people are beginning to question the security element , and just like any change to the ways we work and behave , along with the buzz comes the promise of security threats as cybercriminals will look to exploit and expand their hacker toolkits .
Exploiting tools
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