The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has reached its maximum splendor with the ChatGPT. This tool developed by OpenAI is a chatbot to generate answers to questions in real time that works with AI. However, despite its great utility, it can pose a risk to the cybersecurity business.
It is true that precisely ChatGPT does not pose a threat in itself, neither in the business nor in the private environment. However, there are potential risks. In this sense, fibratel identifies the phishing and the diffusion of malware between employees of a company as the main risks of this technology in the business environment.
And it is that, disguised in legitimate messages, cybercriminals can send messages that may contain malicious links or files and even request personal information. If employees do not have a good awareness With respect to the possible cyberattacks to which they may be exposed, these messages can compromise business cybersecurity. The user is the weakest link in the chain. For this reason, companies must invest in training and raising awareness among their workers in cybersecurity, to prevent these attacks from achieving their purpose: to obtain confidential information from the company to, as a final goal, perceive an economic benefit.
To these main cyber risks Others such as privacy problems or business fraud are added. In this sense, the tool can be used to create false messages that can persuade workers to take actions that are detrimental to the company, such as making financial transactions that are fraudulent.
In addition to raising awareness among company employees, it is important to implement cybersecurity solutions that help prevent these attacks that can have a negative impact on the company’s image and cause economic damage.
Thus, the most basic, which is also effective, is the implementation of filters in company email to prevent messages suspected of being malicious from reaching the inbox. What these filters do is block certain emails based on established rules, for example, those that contain suspicious links and requests for personal information.
More advanced are the Secure Web Gateways which, with their Cloud Proxy functionality, ensure user browsing on the Internet, block potentially dangerous sites and detect unauthorized access.
And it is always advisable to complete the protection with endpoint security solutions. These programs are designed to protect end devices from potential threats. It is important that they have capabilities to identify the attack behaviors that are generated in the event of an intrusion attempt, since the old antivirus based on signatures are easily overwhelmed by the new techniques used by cyber attackers.
“Technology is advancing by leaps and bounds and although cybersecurity solutions are updated and adapted against new threats, it is true that there are certain tools that can pose a risk. The artificial intelligence and in particular ChatGPT are practically a novelty in the sector and, therefore, there is a long way to go to identify their risks and, thus, find the most appropriate solutions to alleviate them.”, declares Juan Francisco Moreda, head of the cybersecurity unit /fsafe at fibratel.