The "evil version" of ChatGPT appears: 60 euros per month, without moral restrictions, for "cybercriminals".
WormGPT is not an AI chatbot, and it was not developed to provide AI assistance for invertebrates for fun, like CatGPT, which focuses on felines. Rather, it is a far more malicious tool designed without ethical boundaries and whose sole purpose is to increase productivity, increase efficiency and lower the barrier of entry for common cybercriminals.
WormGPT was designed by a daring hacker who wrote: "This project (WormGPT) aims to provide an alternative to ChatGPT, allowing you to do all kinds of illegal things, all black hat related things you can think of, This can be done with WormGPT." "This AI tool has no limitations and is designed to assist cybercriminals, free to generate a series of malicious codes, or create phishing attacks". To prove his claim, he also uploaded screenshots showing that users can ask the bot to generate malware written in the Python coding language.
WormGPT is mainly sold to hacker groups and adopts a subscription system. Users only need to pay 60 Euros (about NT$2,100) per month to write malware and write phishing emails, and even provide technical guidance. Researchers from the network security company "SlashNext" also commented on the phishing letters made by WormGPT, "The emails it writes are not only very convincing, but also strategically cunning, and can carry out very sophisticated phishing attacks." I think WormGPT is very powerful.
The emergence of malicious AI has made many people very worried about information security issues. In fact, the troubling ways in which artificial intelligence is currently being used are increasing daily, and the release of WormGPT may be the first undeniable evidence that we are heading headlong into epic cybersecurity hell.
SlashNext also called on the public to strengthen email verification measures, and AI companies should conduct regular employee training to make employees understand the threats it may pose.