AI tools like ChatGPT increasingly used by cybercriminals for phishing, experts warn

Criminals are increasingly using advanced AI tools like ChatGPT to create convincing fraudulent emails. This is raising concerns of an imminent wave of phishing attacks, especially against vulnerable targets like small businesses and the elderly, AD reported.

“Smart chatbots” have been popping up like mushrooms in recent months. These bots can easily generate texts, such as emails. “ChatGPT is very good at mimicking human conversations, including misleading ones,” said AI expert Henk van Ess to AD.

Phishing, an online fraud method where criminals impersonate legitimate entities to…