{"id":265062,"date":"2023-07-28T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.thekernel.ua\/new-challenges-and-threats-of-modern-cyberspace-in-the-era-of-chatgpt-how-is-the-criminal-s-portrait-changing"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:43:49","slug":"new-challenges-and-threats-of-modern-cyberspace-in-the-era-of-chatgpt-how-is-the-criminal-s-portrait-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shop.thekernel.ua\/en\/new-challenges-and-threats-of-modern-cyberspace-in-the-era-of-chatgpt-how-is-the-criminal-s-portrait-changing","title":{"rendered":"New challenges and threats of modern cyberspace in the era of ChatGPT: how is the criminal’s portrait changing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]OpenAI introduced GPT chat version 3 in late 2022, based on large language models. He knew how to hold a conversation like a real person, communicate in many languages, pass exams, write software code and even blog. Already after 2 months, the number of his supporters reached more than 100 million. There were also those who were dissatisfied with the introduction of artificial intelligence to the masses. In addition, the cybercriminal community has also shown excessive interest in this tool. <\/span><\/p>\n

It turned out that ChatGPT can easily create a phishing email that anyone will believe, or write a malicious program that will find and extract sensitive data from a computer or spread viruses.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s next? Artificial intelligence for us friend or foe? Is it a dangerous toy in the hands of criminals? Let’s take a look at what GPT chat can really do, how much stronger it has made cyber criminals, and how to best defend yourself in today’s cyber world. <\/span><\/p>\n

Plan of the article:<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Portrait of a cybercriminal in the era of ChatGPT<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Exactly how scammers use GPT chat<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. How to recognize fraudulent attacks<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. YubiKey’s hardware devices against phishing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Portrait of a cybercriminal in the era of ChatGPT<\/b><\/h2>\n
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    Experts of the site <\/span>LexinForm<\/span><\/a> note that cybercriminals fall into a fairly wide range of people: from highly qualified specialists to ordinary amateurs. All of them have different status in society, different professional knowledge, occupy different positions: from a storekeeper to a boss. Hackers and crackers also differ in their level of education. But still, thanks to the research of domestic and international experts, it was possible to create a typical portrait of a computer criminal.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The future criminal gets acquainted with the computer since childhood. Adores and explores it by all available means. He tries to acquire the necessary skills for working with a computer both in lectures on informatics, cybernetics, neurobionics, and on his own, studying computers, information technologies, and various communication networks, such as the Internet and its analogues. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The age of offenders ranges from 15 to 45 years, of which:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
    33%<\/span><\/td>\nup to 20 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    54%<\/span><\/td>\nfrom 20 to 40 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    13%<\/span><\/td>\nolder than 40 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    About 83% of fraudsters in the world are men. If they are women, they have the following professions: secretary, accountant, economist, controller, etc. It should be noted that the female share in this area is constantly growing, as women begin to master technologies and become interested in “male” professions, such as programming. <\/span><\/p>\n

    It is interesting that a significant proportion of hackers or crackers have weak language skills and write with mistakes. But at the same time, their IQ is above average. Although in general, according to this parameter, cybercriminals are divided as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
    21%<\/span><\/td>\nIQ above average<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    77%<\/span><\/td>\naverage IQ <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2%<\/span><\/td>\nIQ below average<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    This is because not all cybercriminals are hackers. In general, criminals who engage in hacking are more often called crackers. There are about 180 crackers for one hacker. Because hackers are high-class specialists who have an unusual worldview and certain beliefs. Some of them may even cooperate with the law, helping to catch criminals. These are the so-called “white hackers”. <\/span><\/p>\n

    In addition to hackers and crackers, there are attackers who specialize more in social engineering. We talked about this direction in more detail in the article: \u201c<\/span>How to protect yourself and colleagues from convincing “specialists” in social engineering<\/span><\/a>\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n

    Interestingly, nowadays, attackers do not have to have great mathematical abilities and programming skills. Also, now they will be able to write without mistakes. Because the GPT chat writes without typographical errors, but may allow syntactical errors (which most people who do not have a professional education as a philological editor usually do not notice). <\/span><\/p>\n

    So the intelligence distribution among attackers can now change: many of those with an average IQ will be able to hack or write malware; and those with a lower than average IQ will be able to deceive people very successfully by creating and sending them very effective and persuasive letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Next, we will give several real examples of the use of artificial intelligence by criminals. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Exactly how scammers use GPT chat<\/b><\/h2>\n
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    Creating an information stealer<\/b><\/h3>\n

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    In this way, files from personal computers can get to third parties. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Illegal data encryption<\/b><\/h3>\n

    In December 2022, another hacker forum author published a script he created for the first time using GPT chat (also in Python). <\/span><\/p>\n

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    This script is able to implement the following functions:<\/span><\/p>\n