Tag: vulnerability
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The Register: Malware-ridden apps made it into Google’s Play Store, scored 19 million downloads
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apps_android_malware/ Source: The Register Title: Malware-ridden apps made it into Google’s Play Store, scored 19 million downloads Feedly Summary: Everything’s fine, the ad slinger assures us Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans.……
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Slashdot: Perplexity’s AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/1654220/perplexitys-ai-browser-comet-vulnerable-to-prompt-injection-attacks-that-hijack-user-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Perplexity’s AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant vulnerabilities in Perplexity’s Comet browser linked to its AI summarization functionalities. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to hijack user accounts and execute malicious commands, posing…
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Embrace The Red: How Prompt Injection Exposes Manus’ VS Code Server to the Internet
Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/manus-ai-kill-chain-expose-port-vs-code-server-on-internet/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: How Prompt Injection Exposes Manus’ VS Code Server to the Internet Feedly Summary: Today we will cover a powerful, easy to use, autonomous agent called Manus. Manus is developed by the Chinese startup Monica, based in Singapore. This post demonstrates an end-to-end indirect prompt injection attack leading…
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Slashdot: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0910226/amid-service-disruption-colt-confirms-criminal-group-accessed-their-data-as-ransomware-gang-threatens-to-sell-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amid Service Disruption, Colt Confirms ‘Criminal Group’ Accessed Their Data, As Ransomware Gang Threatens to Sell It Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Colt Telecom has faced a significant cyber attack leading to prolonged service disruption and data theft. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in telecommunications infrastructure and…
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Embrace The Red: Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf
Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-sneaking-invisible-instructions-for-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf Feedly Summary: Imagine a malicious instruction hidden in plain sight, invisible to you but not to the AI. This is a vulnerability discovered in Windsurf Cascade, it follows invisible instructions. This means there can be instructions in a file or…
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The Register: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/searchcapable_ai_agents_may_cheat/ Source: The Register Title: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests Feedly Summary: Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are Researchers with Scale AI have found that search-based AI models may cheat on benchmark tests by fetching the answers directly from online sources rather than deriving…