ChatGPT already feared to be behind multiple cyberattacks

Date:
Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:05:24 +0000

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Nation-states are already all over the tech, experts fear, but the worst is yet to come.

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IT leaders are fearful that ChatGPT, the instantly famous AI-powered chatbot, is already being used by state-sponsored threat actors when crafting cyberattacks.

A report from BlackBerry, which polled 500 IT decision-makers in the UK on their views of the revolutionary tech, found over three-quarters (76%)
believe foreign states are already using ChatGPT in their cyber-warfare campaigns against other nations. Almost half (48%) believe 2023 is the year when well be able to credit the technology with a successful cyberattack.

While this might sound like a standard case of rage against the machine, its far from it. Most respondents (60%) still see the tech as being put to use
for good purposes, but at the same time 72% worry about potential misuse. Improved phishing emails

Theyre mostly fearful of cybercriminals using the AI-powered chatbot to craft believable phishing emails (57%), improve the sophistication of their attacks (51%) and accelerate new social engineering attacks (49%). Another 49%
believe ChatGPT could be leveraged to spread misinformation, while 47% see it as a good tool for hackers to gain new skills and improve. Read more

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But if AI can be used in offense, it can be used in defense, too. Thats why almost four in five (78%) of the respondents plan on investing in AI-powered cybersecurity in the next two years, with 44% planning on doing so this year. Almost all (88%) expect the government to step in and regulate the use of the tech, too.

Its been well documented that people with malicious intent are testing the waters but, over the course of this year, we expect to see hackers get a much better handle on how to use ChatGPT successfully for nefarious purposes; whether as a tool to write better mutable malware or as an enabler to bolster their skillset, commented Shishir Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Cybersecurity at BlackBerry.

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