AI Image Generators: A Novel Cybersecurity Risk

 

Our culture could be substantially changed by artificial intelligence (AI) and there is a lot to look forward to if the AI tools we already have are any indication of what is to come.

A number of things are also worrying us. AI is specifically being weaponized by cybercriminals and other threat actors. AI picture generators are not impervious to misuse, and this is not just a theoretical worry. We have covered the top 4 ways threat actors use AI image generators to their advantage in this article, which can pose a severe security risk. 

Social engineering

Social engineering, including making phoney social media profiles, is one clear way threat actors use AI image generators. A scammer might create fake social media profiles using some of these tools that produce incredibly realistic photos that exactly resemble real photographs of actual individuals. Unlike real people’s photos, AI-generated photos cannot be located via reverse image search, and the cybercriminal need not rely on a small number of images to trick their target—by utilising AI, they may manufa

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