Microsoft: North Korea, Iran Using AI to Boost Hacking Efforts
• Microsoft says North Korea & Iran are using AI to mount offensive cyber operations, though the techniques are still early-stage • They detected the regimes leveraging large language models to expand abilities to breach networks & conduct influence operations • Microsoft provided examples like North Korea researching foreign think tanks & Iran generating phishing emails • Russia is using the models to potentially research technologies related to the Ukraine war • China is evaluating the models' effectiveness for gaining sensitive information & targeting US defense contractors