Darknet users are said to be using OpenAI’s smash hit ChatGPT to rapidly and effortlessly create malicious code.
The cybercriminal community has already displayed great deal of interest, according to Check Point Research. The research disclosed the first occurrences of criminals developing cyberthreat tools using the large language model (LLM) interface, which OpenAI unveiled in November.
The machine learning capabilities of ChatGPT allow the text-based tool to communicate in a conversational style, with users typing a question and receiving an answer in the form of a dialogue. The technology can also respond to follow-up questions and challenge user responses.
According to research, several major underground hacking communities, cyber attackers with little or no coding experience were using ChatGPT to write code for spying, ransomware, and other malicious tasks.
In one forum post reviewed by Check Point, a hacker who’d previously shared Android malware showcased code written by ChatGPT that stole files of interest, compressed them and sent them across the web. They showed off another tool that installed a backdoor on a computer and could upload further malware to an infected PC.
The sources for this piece include an article in TheRegister.