Juhani Hintikka, CEO at WithSecure, highlighted that AI has traditionally been employed by cybersecurity defenders to identify and combat manually developed malware. However, the widespread availability of potent AI tools such as ChatGPT has reversed the situation. The illicit use of AI tools parallels the history of remote access tools, which were initially employed for unauthorized activities and now serve as AI enablers for threat actors.
Tim West, head of threat intelligence at WithSecure, emphasized that ChatGPT facilitates software engineering both for positive and negative purposes, substantially lowering the barrier for threat actors to create malware. As AI models continue to advance, the detection of phishing emails, often discernible by humans, may become more challenging in the near future.
