Hackers Keep Finding New and Sophisticated Ways to Use AI for Crime


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FraudGPT alone was built with the ability to create phishing scam web pages, write malicious code, create hacking tools, and write scam letters. “During our investigation, we took on the role of a potential buyer to dig deeper into CanadianKingpin12 and their product, FraudGPT,” SlashNext said. "[WormGPT and FraudGPT] don’t have those guardrails, so you can ask it to develop malware for you." “While it’s difficult to accurately gauge the true impact of these capabilities, it’s reasonable to expect that they will lower the barriers for aspiring cybercriminals,” SlashNext said. “Moreover, the rapid progression from WormGPT to FraudGPT and now DarkBERT in under a month, underscores the significant influence of malicious AI on the cybersecurity and cybercrime landscape.”