ChatGPT-Related Malware on the Rise, According to Meta
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has released a report stating that it has discovered malware that takes advantage of the public's interest in ChatGPT. Malware families and malicious links have been discovered since March, with more than 1,000 malicious links and around ten malware families being exposed. Bad actors are using ChatGPT, which uses artificial intelligence, to create malicious applications and browser extensions, which can be used to scam people seeking the chatbot. The malware can also deliver ChatGPT functionality but may contain malicious files as well.
Meta's chief information security officer, Guy Rosen, referred to the use of ChatGPT in scams as "the new crypto," and the company is presently working on measures to protect against the various potential abuses of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT. Generative AI can quickly create human-like content, including music, art, and writing. Policymakers have warned that these tools may aid in the spread of online disinformation.
Meta executives remarked that it is still premature to say if generative AI is being used in information operations. Rosen, however, predicts that "bad actors" will attempt to "speed up and perhaps scale up" their activities using this technology.
