The New Cybersecurity Horizon: The Rise Of AI Attackers and AI Script Kiddies

We used to have a spectrum of attacks — from script kiddies to an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) actor. Basically, the script kiddies were easy to thwart as they typically use standard tools and have a relatively low skill level. The APT actor, though, was difficult as they often have a high skill level and are on a mission to achieve a goal.

But what happens when we merge the script kiddie with the APT actor and lower the bar so that the script kiddie has the knowledge and mission of an APT actor? Well, with the rise of AI, we are now facing this threat and where AI turns against us and uses its knowledge to attack us.

With almost exponential rise of AI in the past few years has been highlighted with the jump from ChatGPT 3 to ChatGPT 4, and where the new LLMs (Large Large Models) are able to act in a multimodal way — using video and audio rather than just being focused on interpreting the text.

This article outlines this scenario, and where it defines that an LLM can become a sophisticated attack, and which has a high degree of success in hacking a Website: