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OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
2024-08-17 06:38

OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on...

Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search
2024-05-23 08:44

A massive Microsoft outage in some regions affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo. [...]

It's not just you: ChatGPT is down for many worldwide
2024-03-25 22:19

OpenAI's ChatGPT is down for many people worldwide, with users facing multiple problems, including being unable to access their accounts, having their chat history come up empty, and the chat screens not loading properly. Others have told BleepingComputer that they cannot access GPT-4 as the site states that they do not have a ChatGPT Plus subscription, even though they do.

Cybercriminals use ChatGPT’s prompts as weapons
2024-03-25 04:00

Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT has garnered attention across industries for its ability to generate relevant responses to various queries. As the adoption of ChatGPT accelerates, so do discussions surrounding its ethical and security implications.

ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation
2024-03-18 02:31

In brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how to solve it: just obscure your token size. The paper [PDF], from researchers at the Offensive AI Institute at Israel's Ben Gurion University, found an issue with how all non-Google ChatGPT derivatives transmit chat sessions between LLM servers and users.

Third-Party ChatGPT Plugins Could Lead to Account Takeovers
2024-03-15 11:34

Cybersecurity researchers have found that third-party plugins available for OpenAI ChatGPT could act as a new attack surface for threat actors looking to gain unauthorized access to sensitive...

Reminder: Infostealer malware is coming for your ChatGPT credentials
2024-03-07 06:27

Stolen ChatGPT credentials are a hot commodity on the dark web, according to Singapore-based threat intelligence firm Group-IB, which claims to have found some 225,000 stealer logs containing login details for the service last year. According to Group-IB, it found around 130,000 of the ChatGPT credential-containing logs in the five months from June to October, 2023, representing a 36 percent increase in the number of logs found in the prior five-month period between January and May of last year.

Over 225,000 Compromised ChatGPT Credentials Up for Sale on Dark Web Markets
2024-03-05 10:38

More than 225,000 logs containing compromised OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were made available for sale on underground markets between January and October 2023, new findings from Group-IB show....

Vishing, smishing, and phishing attacks skyrocket 1,265% post-ChatGPT
2024-02-29 04:00

76% of enterprises lack sufficient voice and messaging fraud protection as AI-powered vishing and smishing skyrocket following the launch of ChatGPT, according to Enea. 61% of enterprises still suffer significant losses to mobile fraud, with smishing and vishing being the most prevalent and costly.

OpenAI blocks state-sponsored hackers from using ChatGPT
2024-02-15 15:56

OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. The AI research organization took action against specific accounts associated with the hacking groups that were misusing its large language model services for malicious purposes after receiving key information from Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team. Forest Blizzard [Russia]: Utilized ChatGPT to conduct research into satellite and radar technologies pertinent to military operations and to optimize its cyber operations with scripting enhancements.