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Prompt injection: New malware targets AI cybersecurity tools
The emergence of prompt injection comes at a time a separate report has sounded alarm over a rising trend of social engineering campaigns that rely on fake authentication systems known as Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA).
Cyber safety researchers have unearthed a new malware strain that brings to light the first ever documented attempt to weaponise attacks against Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered security safeguards and analysis tools, in what sector pundits have christened prompt injection.
Researchers at software vendor Check Point reported that the incident was first noticed early this month via a sample that was anonymously uploaded by a user in the Netherlands, with planted malware designed to evade detection from AI-powered protections.
