PYMNTS.com September 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, often heralded for their productivity benefits, now threaten cybersecurity as criminals harness them to create sophisticated malware.

HP Wolf Security researchers have uncovered one of the first known instances where attackers used generative AI to write malicious code for distributing a remote access Trojan. This trend marks a shift in cybersecurity, democratizing the ability to create complex malware and potentially leading to a surge in cybercrime.

“If your company is like many others, hackers have infiltrated a tool your software development teams are using to write code. Not a comfortable place to be,” Lou Steinberg, founder and managing partner at CTM Insights and former CTO of TD Ameritrade, told PYMNTS.

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