Cybercriminals Exploit Curiosity in Criminal ChatGPT Variant to Deceive Fellow Crooks

A variant of ChatGPT, originally crafted to aid cybercriminals, has backfired by duping potential buyers seeking access to its services.

Earlier in July, PC Mag wrote about  WormGPT, a chatbot developed from publicly available source code, which claimed to assist hackers in generating phishing messages and malware for a monthly fee. This raised concerns about the potential for generative AI to facilitate computer hacking and exacerbate cybercrime.

Ironically, it seems that the WormGPT brand has turned into a greater hazard for hackers than for the general public. Antivirus provider Kaspersky identified multiple websites purporting to provide entry to WormGPT, but instead appeared to be devised to deceive prospective customers into parting with their money, without actually providing access to WormGPT.

These websites, accessible on the public internet and through a Google search, have been adorned with official-looking details about WormGPT. Nevertheless, Kaspersky suspects that these pages are, in reality, phishing sites engineered to deceive users into divulging their credit card particulars or surrendering their cryptocurrency in order to utilize the malevolent chatbot.

The likelihood of these websites being fraudulent is heightened by the fact that the creator of WormGPT purportedly abandoned the project after their identity was uncove

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