Less than a week after its launch, ChatGPT reached 1 million viewers. Within two months that number had grown to 100 million.
The fastest-growing app of all time is arguably the game-changer for productivity, learning, creativity, and business in general, and, according to some of the founding fathers of AI, the greatest threat to humanity. It is said that there is
Thankfully, we do have information that AI’s existential threat is not imminent, but the news isn’t all that good for businesses. In the world of cybersecurity, AI has democratized cyberterrorism.
ChatGPT allows anyone to create malicious code or create phishing emails without prior technical or coding expertise.
The adoption of AI by cybercriminals increases the threat of potential attacks on your business while making cyber protection more complex than ever before.
Last month, I talked about the threats to your business from ransomware and business email compromise. As a result, it can cause serious pain to businesses and organizations.
With AI at their disposal, cybercriminals can create more reliable email content with little effort.
ChatGPT converts all kinds of content, removes bad spelling and punctuation, and improves grammar.
Even more worrisome is ChatGPT’s ability to mimic various communication styles and tones. Blind Boy his boat club has programmed his ChatGPT to write content in his podcast, Charles Stewart his Parnell tone. It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.
Thanks to AI, emails are no longer littered with comic mistakes.
They have become more authentic and trustworthy. Targeting has improved and the frequency of attacks is more relentless than ever.
This sophistication, ingenuity, and strength comes at no additional cost to cybercriminals.
Compare this to the financial or reputational cost of your business or organization being compromised.
Human error is the single biggest threat to protecting businesses from cybercrime, and AI is making that vulnerability even more exploitable.
Your business may have the best cybersecurity defenses money can buy today, but it only takes a moment for your employees to lose focus and your defenses are breached.
The reality is that most people don’t have the best cybersecurity defenses money can buy. (Does that system exist?)
AI-generated content aside, LoughTec has seen a lot of damage caused by “old school” email-mediated ransomware breaches.
The advice we offer our customers is:
train your staff. Keep employees on top of the latest threats and technologies. Make sure they are vigilant and know what to look out for.
Back up your data. Back up important business data regularly, preferably to the cloud.
Better patch management: Make sure all system software and applications are up to date.
Do not trust email: Be wary of emails from unknown sources and don’t let your employees upload files or click on strange links.
We encourage our customers to assume they have already been compromised or compromised.
This is a change of mindset that is far from the “it will never happen to us” mentality, and it will help you clarify and focus on what is within your control.
If human error is one of the biggest threats to a company’s or organization’s cybersecurity posture, there is no doubt that the onus is on business owners and leaders to minimize that threat.
Ongoing cyber training is a preventative measure you can take now to ensure that your staff not only know what to look out for, but what actions to take if necessary. is one of
Sean McDermott is CEO of LoughTec.
