Meta issued the warning after their security team found malicious software that can give hackers access to personal devices.
The software claimed to offer ChatGPT-based tools for the Facebook user but discretely contained malware designed to give hackers full access to their gadgets.
“From a bad actor’s perspective, ChatGPT is the new crypto,” Meta chief information security officer Guy Rosen said, likening the situation to the surge in cryptocurrency scams.
Since March, Meta claimed it blocked the sharing of more than 1,000 malicious web addresses that were apparently linked to ChatGPT and related tools.
Meta said it had “investigated and taken action against malware strains taking advantage of people’s interest in OpenAI’s ChatGPT to trick them into installing malware pretending to provide AI functionality”.
“Our research and that of security researchers has shown time and again that malware operators, just like spammers, try to latch onto hot-button issues and popular topics to get people’s attention,” it said.
“With an ultimate goal to trick people into clicking on malicious links or downloading malicious software, the latest wave of malware campaigns have taken notice of generative AI tools becoming popular.”
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