The study, conducted by researchers at the CDU Energy and Resources Institute in collaboration with the Crist Academy Institute for Advanced Studies in India, explored the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in pentesting, known as cybersecurity testing, to detect weaknesses in security systems. . The article, “GenAI for Penetration Testing: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” was published in the International Journal of Information Security.
Researchers used ChatGPT to conduct a range of penetration testing activities across reconnaissance, scanning, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and reporting.
CDU co-author and senior lecturer in information technology Dr. Bharanidharan Shanmugam said that the aim of the study was to explore the possibility of using artificial intelligence to automate certain types of pentests, and the results show that ChatGPT has great potential.
Source: Ferra
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