Microsoft, OpenAI Warn of Nation-State Hackers Weaponizing AI for Cyberattacks

Microsoft, OpenAI Warn of Nation-State Hackers Weaponizing AI for Cyberattacks

February 14, 2024 at 09:46AM

Nation-state actors from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are leveraging artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) to enhance their cyber attacks. Microsoft and OpenAI published a report detailing disruptions to state-affiliated actors’ malicious cyber activities. The report also highlights the use of AI technologies across various phases of the attack chain and Microsoft’s efforts to formulate principles to counter these threats.

Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:

1. Nation-state actors from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to enhance their cyber attack operations.

2. Microsoft, in collaboration with OpenAI, disrupted efforts made by five state-affiliated actors using its AI services by terminating their assets and accounts.

3. The actors are using AI for various purposes such as reconnaissance, coding assistance, translation, finding coding errors, running basic coding tasks, and creating content for phishing campaigns.

4. Microsoft is formulating principles to mitigate the risks posed by the malicious use of AI tools and APIs by nation-state advanced persistent threats, advanced persistent manipulators, and cybercriminal syndicates and to conceive effective guardrails and safety mechanisms around its models.

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