Many aspects of our life, including how we handle cybersecurity, might be revolutionized by artificial intelligence (AI). However, it provides new dangers and problems that must be addressed appropriately.
AI may be utilized in cybersecurity by creating intelligent systems to identify and respond to cyber-attacks.
ChatGPT was built in November 2022 by OpenAI, an AI research and development organization, based on a variant of their InstructGPT model, which is trained on a vast pool of data to answer questions. When given detailed instructions, it talks conversationally, admits mistakes, and even rejects inappropriate requests. Despite the fact that it is now only accessible for beta testing, it has gained widespread popularity among the general population. OpenAI plans to deploy ChatGPT-4, an enhanced version, in 2023.
In contrast to previous AI models, ChatGPT can produce software in a variety of languages, debug code, provide numerous explanations for a hard subject, get ready for an interview, or create an essay. Similar to how one could explore related topics online, ChatGPT automates such operations and even offers the outcome.
AI tools and applications have been on the rise for some time. Prior to ChatGPT, we saw the Lensa AI software and the Dall-E 2 make waves for digitally producing images from text. The digital art community was not pleased that the work that was used to train these models, which is now being used against them, was utilized against them, despite the fact that these applications have produced extraordinary outcomes that may be pleasant to use. This is because it created serious privacy and ethical issues. Artists have discovered that their work has been inappropriately utilized by app users to make photos after being used to train the model.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Like every new technology, ChatGPT has benefits and drawbacks and will have a big impact on the cybersecurity industry.
AI has the potential to aid in the creation of better cybersecurity products.Many people feel that expanding the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is critical to recognizing possible dangers sooner. ChatGPT may be critical in identifying and responding to cyberattacks, as well as improving internal communication inside the business, during such situations. It might also be used for bug bounty programs. When there is technology, however, there are cyber hazards that must not be overlooked.
Code: Good or Bad?
If requested to develop malware code, ChatGPT will not do so; nevertheless, it does have safeguards in place, such as security measures to detect improper requests.
But in recent times, programmers have tried a number of techniques to get around the protocols and accomplished in getting the desired outcomes. Instead of a direct request, if a prompt is explicit enough to transmit to the bot the steps for producing the malware, it will reply, basically manufacturing malware on demand.
Given that there are existing criminal organizations selling malware-as-a-service, using AI software like ChatGPT may soon make it faster and easier for cybercriminals to initiate assaults using AI-generated code. ChatGPT has enabled even inexperienced attackers to develop more precise malware code, which was previously only possible for professionals.
Compromise of Business Email
ChatGPT excels at answering any content inquiry, including emails and essays. This is especially true when used with the business email compromise (BEC) attack method.
Attackers use BEC to create a deceptive email that persuades the recipient to provide the hacker with the information or resource they want.
Security technologies are commonly used to detect BEC attacks, however with ChatGPT, attackers may have new content for each email written for them by AI, making these attacks more difficult to detect.
Similarly, composing phishing emails may become easier, as no errors or distinctive formatting are required to distinguish these assaults from authentic ones. The frightening aspect is that you can modify the prompt in a variety of ways, such as “social engineering email request for wire transfer,” “email with a high possibility of recipients clicking on the link,” “making the email appear urgent,” and so on.
The following was my attempt to see how ChatGPT would respond to my prompt, and the results were quite good.
What Are Our Next Steps?
When deployed correctly, the ChatGPT technology has the ability to alter many cybersecurity situations.
According to my research and what the public is saying online, ChatGPT is accurate with most specific queries, albeit not as precise as a human. The model grows increasingly trained as more suggestions are utilized.
It will be intriguing to see what potential uses ChatGPT has, both good and harmful. One thing is certain: your company cannot just wait to see if it creates security issues. Threats from artificial intelligence are not new; rather, ChatGPT illustrates a number of frightening circumstances. We expect security companies to be increasingly proactive in integrating behavioral AI-based solutions to detect AI-generated risks.
Contact ITAdOn immediately if you want to secure your sensitive information from cyberattacks.
