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ChatGPT for Cybersecurity Cookbook

By : Clint Bodungen
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ChatGPT for Cybersecurity Cookbook

By: Clint Bodungen

Overview of this book

Are you ready to unleash the potential of AI-driven cybersecurity? This cookbook takes you on a journey toward enhancing your cybersecurity skills, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned professional. By leveraging cutting-edge generative AI and large language models such as ChatGPT, you'll gain a competitive advantage in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. ChatGPT for Cybersecurity Cookbook shows you how to automate and optimize various cybersecurity tasks, including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, risk assessment, and threat detection. Each recipe demonstrates step by step how to utilize ChatGPT and the OpenAI API to generate complex commands, write code, and even create complete tools. You’ll discover how AI-powered cybersecurity can revolutionize your approach to security, providing you with new strategies and techniques for tackling challenges. As you progress, you’ll dive into detailed recipes covering attack vector automation, vulnerability scanning, GPT-assisted code analysis, and more. By learning to harness the power of generative AI, you'll not only expand your skillset but also increase your efficiency. By the end of this cybersecurity book, you’ll have the confidence and knowledge you need to stay ahead of the curve, mastering the latest generative AI tools and techniques in cybersecurity.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Analyzing Code for Security Flaws and Generating Custom Security Testing Scripts (Testing Phase)

In this recipe, you’ll use ChatGPT to identify potential security vulnerabilities in your code and generate custom scripts for security testing. This recipe is an invaluable tool for software developers, QA engineers, security engineers, and anyone involved in the process of creating and maintaining secure software systems.

Using the foundational knowledge of ChatGPT and the OpenAI API from previous chapters, this recipe guides you through the process of conducting a preliminary security review of your code and developing targeted security tests. ChatGPT can assist by scrutinizing provided code snippets, identifying potential security flaws, and then helping you create custom testing scripts based on these potential vulnerabilities.

You’ll learn to formulate effective prompts that elicit high-quality, insightful responses about potential security issues in your code...