Threat actors are having a field day as chatbots are allowing them to remove glaring grammatical and language mistakes from their fraudulent emails and texts. European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) has released an advisory about the criminal use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs).

Threat actors are having a field day as chatbots are allowing them to remove glaring grammatical and language mistakes from their fraudulent emails and texts. European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) has released an advisory about the criminal use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs). "ChatGPT’s ability to draft highly realistic text makes it a useful tool for phishing purposes. The ability of LLMs to re-produce language patterns can be used to impersonate the style of speech of specific individuals or groups," read the EUROPOL advisory. "This capability can be abused at scale to mislead potential victims into placing their trust in the hands of criminal actors." Read more: AI based ChatGPT will soon let you convert text into video. Here's all you need to know Cybersecurity experts in the UK have said that phishing emails, written using bots had seen a significant uptick in recent months - especially after the meteoric rise of ChatGPT. Criminals were now crafting perfectly written emails that could easily fool the majority of the public. “What we think is having an immediate impact on the threat landscape is that this type of technology is being used for better and more scalable social engineering: AI allows you to craft very believable ‘spear-phishing’ emails and other written communication with very little effort, especially compared to what you have to do before," Max Heinemeyer, chief product officer at UK-based Darktrace cybersecurity firm was quoted as saying by The Guardian. Watch | ChatGPT is making waves, but can it trusted? AI-generated YouTube videos Apart from helping phishing experts, hackers are using AI-generated videos on YouTube to spread malware and steal confidential information. While earlier such videos used to have a screen recording or audio walkthrough, the new-age hackers had developed their tools using technology. It is a well-known fact that watching a human face on the screen, especially with certain facial features increases familiarity and trustworthiness. The hackers play on this psychology and use AI tools to feature humans that sell the 'malware' packaged as a tutorial. ALSO READ | Hackers are using AI-generated YouTube videos to steal data. Here's how (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

Cybercriminals using AI chatbots to write grammatically correct phishing emails, warn experts

Criminal hackers have always used tools that use be used to attack anyone they can. Now it looks like AI and translation programmes are being used by hackers to translate their spam from English to 13 other languages as discussed in <a href="https://www.scmagazine.com/news/email-security/bec-groups-launch-executive-impersonation-attacks-in-at-least-13-languages">SCmedia</a>:

“These attacks demonstrate that BEC is a global issue and not just an English-only phenomenon,” said Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security. “Our findings also show how cybercriminals are always looking to exploit various tools, such as Google Translate, to expand their potential victim population. This is why it’s so important for organizations to protect themselves with inbound defences that look at potential threats holistically and leverage behavioural analytics to protect employees against these more dynamic, sophisticated threats.”

Phishing emails and BEC(Business Email Compromise):&nbsp; Phishing emails are used by hackers to lure unsuspecting people to click on a link or bad document. Phishing is when an email is customized so that the email is more likely to be opened and acted upon. The links or documents attempt information retrieval or installing software onto the computer to take it over.

Example: a CFO at tax time - click on this to receive new law of ABC in 2023. 

As mentioned above there are always new attacks that criminal hackers use and now they are using Google translate and AI to create phishing emails in any language.

Be careful about what you click on - if in doubt do not click and confirm by typing in the website in a separate browser window. Example: If your bank says you did not pay a bill, do not click but open the bank account separately to see what happened.&nbsp;

It is important to create and embed a continuous process inside your company. And get used to the aspect of computer security - "Criminals Never Sleep" as there are always some criminals awake in the world.

Creating a security policy and having more sophisticated firewall are just some ways to help defend your devices and information.

If you can use sophisticated firewalls so your employees have some ability to deny these attacks it is prudent to do so (behavioral analytics and other methods to deny phishing links).

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Criminal hackers have always used tools that use be used to attack anyone they can. Now it looks like AI and translation programmes are being used by hackers to translate their spam from English to 13 other languages as discussed in SCmedia: “These attacks demonstrate that BEC is a global issue and not just an English-only phenomenon,” said Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security.

Criminal hackers have always used tools that use be used to attack anyone they can. Now it looks like AI and translation programmes are being used by hackers to translate their spam from English to 13 other languages as discussed in SCmedia: “These attacks demonstrate that BEC is a global issue and not just an English-only phenomenon,” said Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security. “Our findings also show how cybercriminals are always looking to exploit various tools, such as Google Translate, to expand their potential victim population. This is why it’s so important for organizations to protect themselves with inbound defences that look at potential threats holistically and leverage behavioural analytics to protect employees against these more dynamic, sophisticated threats.” Phishing emails and BEC(Business Email Compromise): Phishing emails are used by hackers to lure unsuspecting people to click on a link or bad document. Phishing is when an email is customized so that the email is more likely to be opened and acted upon. The links or documents attempt information retrieval or installing software onto the computer to take it over. Example: a CFO at tax time - click on this to receive new law of ABC in 2023. As mentioned above there are always new attacks that criminal hackers use and now they are using Google translate and AI to create phishing emails in any language. Be careful about what you click on - if in doubt do not click and confirm by typing in the website in a separate browser window. Example: If your bank says you did not pay a bill, do not click but open the bank account separately to see what happened. It is important to create and embed a continuous process inside your company. And get used to the aspect of computer security - "Criminals Never Sleep" as there are always some criminals awake in the world. Creating a security policy and having more sophisticated firewall are just some ways to help defend your devices and information. If you can use sophisticated firewalls so your employees have some ability to deny these attacks it is prudent to do so (behavioral analytics and other methods to deny phishing links). WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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