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Cybercriminals Use ChatGPT to Ease Their Operations

 

Cybercriminals have already leveraged the power of AI to develop code that may be used in a ransomware attack, according to Sergey Shykevich, a lead ChatGPT researcher at the cybersecurity firm Checkpoint security.

Threat actors can use the capabilities of AI in ChatGPT to scale up their current attack methods, many of which depend on humans. Similar to how they aid cybercriminals in general, AI chatbots also aid a subset of them known as romance scammers. An earlier McAfee investigation noted that cybercriminals frequently have lengthy discussions in order to seem trustworthy and entice unwary victims. AI chatbots like ChatGPT can help the bad guys by producing texts, which makes their job easier.

The ChatGPT has safeguards in place to keep hackers from utilizing it for illegal activities, but they are far from infallible. The desire for a romantic rendezvous was turned down, as was the request to prepare a letter asking for financial assistance to leave Ukraine.

Security experts are concerned about the misuse of ChatGPT, which is now powering Bing's new, troublesome chatbot. They see the potential for chatbots to help in phishing, malware, and hacking assaults.

When it comes to phishing attacks, the entry barrier is already low, but ChatGPT could make it simple for people to proficiently create dozens of targeted scam emails — as long as they craft good prompts, according to Justin Fier, director for Cyber Intelligence & Analytics at Darktrace, a cybersecurity firm.

Most tech businesses refer to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 when addressing illegal or criminal content posted on their websites by third party users. According to the law, owners of websites where users can submit content, such as Facebook or Twitter, are not accountable for what is said there. Governments should be in charge of developing and enforcing legislation, according to 95% of IT respondents in the Blackberry study.

The open-source ChatGPT API models, which do not have the same content limitations as the online user interface, are being used by certain hackers, according to Shykevich.ChatGPT is notorious for being boldly incorrect, which might be an issue for a cybercriminal seeking to create an email meant to imitate someone else, experts told Insider. This could make cybercrime more difficult. Moreover, ChatGPT still uses barriers to stop illegal conduct, even if the correct script can frequently get around these barriers.

WhatsApp launches fact-check service ahead of General Elections in India





WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a new service called Checkpoint Tipline, for Indians to combat the fake news ahead of General elections beginning this month. 

The Facebook-owned company was working with a local startup PROTO, which aimed at creating a database of false, misleading or disputed. 

The initiative is funded by the WhatsApp to study misinformation spread ahead of the upcoming elections for Checkpoint

The company has set up a verification centre, which would verify posts that are in the form of pictures, video links or text. This center will cover four regional languages - Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam, apart from English. 

"The goal of this project is to study the misinformation phenomenon at scale," Proto's founders Ritvvij Parrikh and Nasr ul Hadi said in a statement. "As more data flows in, we will be able to identify the most susceptible or affected issues, locations, languages, regions and more."

In a statement released by the WhatsApp said the start up Proto would be helped by two other organisations who have prior experience working on misinformation-related projects.

"The challenge of viral misinformation requires more collaborative efforts and cannot be solved by any one organisation alone," WhatsApp said.