Cyber criminals using ChatGPT to create malware, do phishing

With its smart answering capability, OpenAI’s ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) bot has taken over the social media platform. People from all walks of life from school-going kids to software engineers are making good use of ChatGPT to write homework essays and even save time writing complex software programmes.

Now, some cybercriminals have taken shine to ChatGPT and are reportedly developing malware to steal financial and personal information on phones and computers.

Though OpenAI has set up security measures to prevent unauthorised use of ChatGPT for illegal purposes, there are loopholes that need to be urgently addressed, says the Check Point Research report.