Kaspersky warned about the use of ChatGPT for phishing attacks

Fraudsters have begun using the ChatGPT neural network in phishing attacks. About this in an interview with RIA Novosti on the margins SPIEF reported Anna Kulashova, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab in Russia and the CIS.

“Artificial intelligence is a tool, and like any tool, it carries both opportunities and threats. And, of course, it will be used from all sides, including we have already seen attacks using ChatGPT,” she said.

According to Kulashova, before the letters of scammers could be distinguished by errors. Now the use of a neural network can reduce their number. She also noted that ChatGPT can be used in spear-phishing attacks against organizations, although they can be countered.

ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022. Since then, various criticisms have been addressed to it. In particular, on May 16 at WHO urged to the cautious use of AI-generated large language model (LLM) tools in healthcare. This is necessary to protect the well-being, security, independence of people and public health, the organization noted. Prior to that, in early March, it became known that the “godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton gone from Google due to ethical issues with neural networks. In his own words, he did this in order to warn the public about the risks associated with the use of AI.