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AI agents vulnerable to phishing via prompt injection
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AI agents vulnerable to phishing via prompt injection

The gist

HiddenLayer researchers tricked Jev and Qwen3.8-27B decision models into stealing a click action via indirect prompt injection.
Prompt injection ranks first on OWASP's 2026 LLM Top 10.

How it unfolded

  1. 2022Independent researcher and software developer Simon Willison coins the term "prompt injection".
  2. Oct 11, 2026Cybersecurity Insiders publishes an analysis of AI agents gaining autonomy and whether safeguards can keep up.
  3. Oct 12, 2026A TrendAI study using the "AIxploit" framework tests 200 different injections against 12 AI models.

Sources

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