More and more malicious actors are exploiting the unprecedented craze around ChatGPT to trick users into downloading malicious apps without their knowledge.
According to Meta, who carried out a study on this subject, the phenomenon is comparable to the many scams related to cryptocurrencies that have swarmed the web in 2021.
Cybercriminals are mining ChatGPT like they mined cryptocurrencies
By reaching 100 million users in just two months, ChatGPT has become the consumer application with the fastest growth in history, ahead of TikTok in particular. Not surprisingly, cybercriminals are exploiting the success of conversational AI to carry out malicious actions.
Since March, Meta has discovered a dozen malware families and more than 1,000 malicious links that were presented as tools using ChatGPT. Some of these tools have working ChatGPT functions, but also contain malicious codes to infect users’ devices.
” From a cybercriminal’s perspective, ChatGPT is the new cryptocurrency commented Guy Rosen, head of information security at Meta, during a press conference. He also indicated that the company is preparing its defenses against various potential abuses related to generative AI technologies.
AI will increasingly be used for malicious purposes
More and more governments want to legislate generative AI, given the meteoric success of the technology which is rapidly being deployed in ever more products. The European Union will soon adopt legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, and should add a specific section for generative AI tools.
At the last G7, the leaders also mentioned technology, ensuring that it should be framed quickly. According to Guy Rosen, the bad actors will leverage AI with the objective of accelerating their malicious activities.
In some areas, this is already the case. According to McAfee, scams from artificial intelligence voice cloning are on the rise and target more than one in four French people.
Source : Reuters
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