Researcher Tricks ChatGPT Into Building Undetectable Steganography Malware

Using only ChatGPT prompts, a Forcepoint researcher convinced the AI to create malware for finding and exfiltrating specific documents, despite its directive to refuse malicious requests. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( April 06, 2023 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [Researcher Tricks ChatGPT Into Building Undetectable Steganography Malware]( Using only ChatGPT prompts, a Forcepoint researcher convinced the AI to create malware for finding and exfiltrating specific documents, despite its directive to refuse malicious requests. [FBI Seizes Genesis Cybercriminal Marketplace in 'Operation Cookie Monster']( The homepage of a widely used Dark Web forum for stolen cookies and other compromised data has been replaced by a seizure notice by the US federal law enforcement agency. 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