[HN Gopher] ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write function...
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       ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware
        
       Author : cebert
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-01-27 21:54 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | devwastaken wrote:
       | A couple lines of python, c# or whatever copy pasted off the net
       | can also do that. Malware is just "bad ware", antivirus cannot
       | differentiate intent unless it's obvious or matches an existing
       | signature that is unique enough.
       | 
       | The old rules still apply - if you download an executable that
       | intends to be bad, and you run it, you're burned. This is why mac
       | Ventura now enforces signatures for distribution, or the user has
       | to manually disable protection on that executable. Similar to
       | Linux desktops that will not run programs directly, must enable
       | executable permissions on it.
       | 
       | Windows is the last OS to not adopt this by default.
        
       | cheald wrote:
       | "Script kiddies" are so-called because they run other peoples'
       | software without understanding what it is they're using. They
       | aren't developing their own exploits, or developing novel
       | software. They just download and run someone else's knowledge.
       | This isn't really anything different, IMO; it perhaps lowers the
       | barrier a bit, but let's not pretend that low-skill malicious
       | actors using tools they don't understand for bad purposes is
       | anything novel.
        
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