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IBM's AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show

Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails IBM describes its coding agent thus: "Bob is your AI software ...
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New VVS Stealer Malware Targets Discord Accounts via Obfuscated Python Code

VVS Stealer is a Python-based malware sold on Telegram that steals Discord tokens, browser data, and credentials using heavy ...
Hackaday

Prompt Injection Tricks AI Into Downloading And Executing Malware

[wunderwuzzi] demonstrates a proof of concept in which a service that enables an AI to control a virtual computer (in this case, Anthropic’s Claude Computer Use) is made to download and execute a ...
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Got an AI agent on your computer? Assume a breach, security researcher warns

AI coding agents are highly vulnerable to zero-click attacks hidden in simple prompts on websites and repositories, a ...