"WormGPT" gives cybercriminals their own LLM

A dangerous Large Language Model trained on malware data sets is being used to launch BECs.

A large language model called WormGPT and branded by its developer as a ChatGPT alternative with "no ethical boundaries or limitations" may already placing malicious outputs in your inbox.

The LLM, built on the open source GPT-J model, was designed to generate sleek, polished phishing emails – allowing threat actors to launch convincing BEC attacks, say security researchers.