Microsoft and OpenAI warn that nation-state actors are using ChatGPT to automate some phases of their attack chains, including target reconnaissance and social engineering attacks

From securityaffairs.com

Multiple nation-state actors are exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI ChatGPT, to automate their attacks and increase their sophistication.

According to a study conducted by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI, the two companies identified and disrupted operations conducted by five nation-state actors that abused their AI services to carry out their attacks.

The researchers observed the following APT groups using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) in various phases of their attack chain:

“Language support is a natural feature of LLMs and is attractive for threat actors with continuous focus on social engineering and other techniques relying on false, deceptive communications tailored to their targets’ jobs, professional networks, and other relationships.” reads the report published by Microsoft. “Importantly, our research with OpenAI has not identified significant attacks employing the LLMs we monitor closely.”

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