Scams Are Getting Way More Dangerous Due to ChatGPT
Ever since the internet was first created, it has been used to conduct
scams all around the world. These scams have been dangerous enough over
the course of their history, but in spite of the fact that this is the
case they are about to get considerably more danegerous due to a certain
chatbot by the name of ChatGPT. Cybersecurity company Norton
put out a report that highlighted just how much of an improvement
malicious actors can make in their scam campaigns by using ChatGPT.
With
all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to
note that unrestricted access to ChatGPT or really any AI chatbot of a
similar level of advancement can be used to up the scale of scam
attacks. ChatGPT can also be used in deepfake content generation which
could make scams far more believable than might have been the case
otherwise.
Yet another use for ChatGPT is in the creation of
malware at a far more rapid pace. Such a development is concerning
because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could
potentially end up increasing the prevalence of malware by orders of
magnitude with all things having been considered and taken into account.
Phishing
campaigns are also very likely going to get an upgrade. Malicious
actors who might not have all that firm of a grasp on the English
language will generally show their hand due to the poor grammar and
syntax in the phishing emails they send out.
Using ChatGPT can
allow them to mimic native level proficiency, and that will make it all
the more likely that users will get fooled by their phishing attacks.
This can also lead to an uptick in fake reviews, so there are clearly a
number of different ways in which ChatGPT could make the problem of
online scams considerably more pronounced.
From hackers no longer
having to learn how to code malware to improvements in misinformation
campaigns that could make the more widespread, a lot of work would need
to be done to stop ChatGPT from being used in such nefarious ways.
