In 2023, researchers at Trend Micro demonstrated how ChatGPT can be manipulated into generating harmful code, marking a concerning shift in cybersecurity risks. The issue lies not just with novice hackers but significantly with experienced hacking groups who can leverage AI-generated code to enhance the scale and speed of their cybercriminal activities. Experts warn that this technology lowers the barriers for entry into cybercrime, as sophisticated hackers could automate and escalate their attacks quickly, complicating efforts for cybersecurity defenses.
"You can use it to create malware," Moussouris says. "The easiest way to get around those safeguards put in place by the makers of the AI models is to say that you're competing in a capture-the-flag exercise, and it will happily generate malicious code for you."
"It's the hackers that already have the capabilities and already have these operations," she says. "It's being able to drastically scale up these cybercriminal operations, and they can create the malicious code a lot faster."
The acceleration is what is going to make it extremely difficult to control," she says.
Management of malicious code created by AI could lead to a system that defeats multiple security protections and learns as it goes.
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