What is ChatGPT?
Developed by OpenAi, Chat GPT is a large language model built on a Generative Pretrained Transformer structure to provide human-like responses. Generative Pretrained Transformer structure is a family of neural networks that assess each word concerning the other words in different scenarios. In this process, GPT models use self-attention techniques to examine the dependencies and interdependencies of each word to consider their importance.
Chat GPT uses 175 billion parameters, along with numerous technical tricks and configurations, to dialogue with the users and provide human-like answers at a lightning-fast speed. Moreover, a huge amount of data, specifically online text, is used to orient the model to make it capable of supporting dialogue in every field possible. As a result, it composes natural scripts and answers to the different queries users make. Whether you are looking for a computing language code, program executables, or analyzing a new program it offers you a reliable and informative solution in the blink of an eye.
The most unique thing about the Chat GPT model is the fact that it ignores search engines and other external sources to reiterate answers for any query. Instead, it develops an original response, distilling data from machine learning databases without directly accessing external sources of information. At the same time, traditional bots use search engines and Natural Language Processing to generate a response to a query. They use existing information available on the internet to generate a response instead of composing new content using learned patterns.
Chat GPT’s capability of providing original solutions generated through learned patterns makes it a potential tool for building new cybersecurity solutions. At the same time, cybercriminals can also harness this technology to develop new and more powerful malware by simply writing prompts to it. Chat GPT is set to impact cybersecurity significantly.
How will Chat GPT Improve Cybersecurity?
Incorporating Chat GPT in developing advanced antivirus and security tools is the need of the hour. Antivirus software vendors have to utilize and harness AI power to build better and more robust solutions to deal with cybersecurity threats. It will help them develop quick and reliable solutions to deal with malicious programs and automate security operations to neutralize cyber threats at the very outset. Additionally, It will automate the upgradation of malware definition and develop quick solutions to deal with the latest virus infections. Here are some ways that will change cybersecurity for good if Chat GPT is incorporated into cybersecurity:
Advanced Threat Identification
ChatGPT uses high-end AI and ML technology that enables it to deliver optimal solutions to deal with cyber security cases. It uses the self-attention technique exploiting sequential data to learn about the mechanism of a code to examine its nature and its work. Using the self-attention technique, it can automatically identify new threats across a wide number of networks and connected devices. Catching the malicious program on one network will upgrade this information in the chatbot’s database and, at the same time, distribute the information on all the connected networks to enable them to fortify their security walls against lurking danger.
Antivirus software companies can successfully utilize this data to create more powerful online security solutions to stay ahead of the black hats. They can automate the threat detection process by involving the GPT model in their online protection operations. Hence, this comprehensive security operation offers advanced threat identification capabilities to the Chat GPT program.
Instant Malware Solutions
A timely response is highly essential to minimize the effects of cyber attacks in the aftermath. Chat GPT can help programmers automate lots of tasks saving their precious time and helping in developing quick malware solutions. It can fully aid the programmers in precise malware analysis and implement the software patches and updates to fortify the underlying vulnerabilities on an instant basis. Deploying new solutions as soon as possible can aid software developers in testing, validating, and deploying new safety codes quickly. With the available data, they can make better decisions and think one step ahead of black hats. So, with a combination of human expertise and specialized tools, this AI chatbot helps in developing quick antivirus solutions.
Setting Up Superior Security Protocols
Setting up superior and unbeatable security protocols is highly essential to prevent the latest cyber attacks. This is a time-consuming process that needs to take into consideration all the past attack patterns and security breaches. Taking all the data in view it is highly difficult for a human being to create impenetrable protocols that cover all the previous attacks. But if Chat GPT is incorporated into this process, developers can get suggestions, road maps, important points, and actionable tips to develop powerful protocols to immunize the security systems. It will analyze large volumes of data in seconds to offer valuable insights for developing rules and regulations that carry legal, ethical, and regulatory aspects.
Natural Language Processing
Chat GPT is fully capable of understanding human language, semantics, and context in most cases. Hence, it can easily analyze text-based emails and logs to identify security risks and challenges without any difficulty. Keeping the security protocols in view, It can recognize the threat patterns at a much faster speed. Once it has recognized the threats, it will convert this information into text and inform the user about its intensity, source, and potential damages. Programmers can consider this information quickly to make better decisions in cybersecurity strategies.
How Black Hats Use Chat GPT to Create New Malware?
Equipped with all the latest technologies and features, Chat GPT allows cybercriminals to harness its mechanism to develop malware and viruses at much faster and unprecedented levels. Although it does not follow prompts that are meant to develop malware or phishing content, black hats can still manipulate it to write codes that can be used to launch cyber attacks. All they need to do is provide a succinct description of the task or functionality in a particular condition. Chat GPT will follow the prompts and create a quick code to enable the functionality. The chatbot will not be able to detect the nature of the new functionality, whether it is for good or bad purposes. This anonymity gives black hats the upper hand as they can use the new code to promote their illicit acts.
GPT-built malicious codes can easily override the traditional antivirus software. By the time the antivirus software vendors build antimalware solutions to deal with the current threats, new malicious programs will appear on your system. It will create a never-ending cycle of cyber attacks and security breaches for the common users. Cyber attacks will increase manifold, and internet browsing will become a haunt for every user. Here are some possible misuse of Chat GPT that cybercriminals can utilize in certain contexts.
AI-Backed Cyber Attacks
Cybercriminals are exceptional users when it comes to the utilization of the Chat GPT program. They have made the best of it in terms of developing polymorphic malware that mutates continuously to bypass the antivirus software and advanced security protocols. Black hats use AI tools to develop complex malicious codes to carry out illegal activities such as stealing information, gaining illegal access to key accounts, hacking the software, and tricking users into becoming prey to their malicious schemes. All the more, they can launch faster and more accurately because they can come up with new virus codes all the time using the AI model. These constant and new attacks are likely to confuse the existing defense system which will complicate the situation.
Creating Phishing Emails
Cyberpunks can use AI to create new phishing emails. They can feed large amounts of data of previously built phishing emails to generate more lethal and creepy emails. Using this data, GPT can generate convincing fake emails. After this, bad actors can place illegal links inside the email text in a more subtle manner that users will become prey easily. As a result, the recipient of these emails will become easily deceived, ending up becoming a victim of cyber attacks. They open and reveal confidential data with the email sender filling out important information when asked for. Attackers use this information to get their black work done with perfect efficiency. Over time new complexities are going to appear on the horizon that will create more challenges for the users to deal with fake emails.
Nullifying the Security Tools
Bad actors can test the security tools by doing reverse engineering with the help of AI tools to find the vulnerabilities and weak points to place the malicious codes inside a device. They can evaluate the effectiveness of antivirus software and its filtering capabilities against spam, fake emails, and scams. With this process, black hats can find more innovative ways to launch cyber attacks on the general masses. They can strategize their attacks at a superior level and extract precious data from users’ devices and online accounts. This whole process aims to nullify the available security tools and systems.
Deep Fake Attacks
AI models are capable of creating realistic content and multimedia files these days. Chat GPT is also capable of providing fake audio and video content if some small modifications and additional configurations are made into effect. It can impersonate the voice of any person if its AI model is fed with the voice notes of that particular individual and creates realistic pictures of anyone doing things that they never do in reality.
Cyberpunks can utilize these tools to commit fraud, robbery, and brand attacks on people and organizations. They can use them to spread false information and manipulate the general masses to do the tasks that resonate with their illicit interests. Smear campaigns are prime examples of how black hats run to tarnish the image of a reputed individual or organization. Deep fakes play a crucial role and pave the way for cybercriminals to run illegal operations.
Spreading Misinformation
Antisocial entities can exploit AI text-generating capabilities to represent a false version of reality or set a false narrative regarding a particular topic. People will take it for granted and there are chances that they will follow misleading information and end up compromising their personal information to a malicious campaign. These antisocial entities can plan scams and frauds on a mass level, spreading controversy or false narratives to harbor instant public response.
Conclusion
We have considered both sides while discussing the effect of chat GPT on cybersecurity in the near future. It offers equal opportunity to every individual to utilize its tools and technology. Antivirus and cybersecurity programmers can utilize this to build more powerful and impenetrable security tools. On the other hand, cybercriminals can harness it to evade the security software and protocols. There is no central authority that can monitor any of the activity. It is easily accessible to everyone across the internet world. In this whole context, one thing is certain: things are going to become more challenging, and there will be a tussle between saviors and attackers until there is a central authority that controls and monitors the use of AI tools like chat GPT.
