Prompt injection
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Prompt injection in HTTP headers: what 217M web responses show
research
30 min read
tl;dr We read the HTTP response headers of 217,097,223 page responses from Common Crawl, 10% of its September 2026 crawl of 2.17 billion pages, and looked for any header written for an AI system. 7,959 sites sent one. Almost all of them point agents to another resource, such as an llms.txt file or an MCP server. A small number try to give the agent orders. Whether any of it reaches your model depe...
Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side with Them
news
6 min read
A Connecticut court filing included hidden instructions designed to manipulate an AI to favor the filer, Matthew Elliott, in his lawsuit against the New York Bariatric Group. The instructions, known as "prompt injections," were embedded in tiny, 3-point white font throughout the document.
GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
research
5 min read
Noma Labs identified a prompt injection vulnerability in GitHub's Agentic Workflows, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access private repository data by posting a crafted GitHub Issue in a public repository within the same organization. This vulnerability has been named GitLost.
Prompt Injection as Role Confusion
research
26 min read
Prompt injection exploits a flaw in how large language models (LLMs) perceive roles, leading to new attack vectors and insights into model behavior. Understanding roles is crucial for predicting the success of these attacks and developing a research framework around them.
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output
news
2 min read
A developer added hidden instructions to jqwik, a Java testing app, which instruct AI coding agents to delete all jqwik tests. This update, published as version 1.10.0, reflects growing frustration with "vibe coding."
Don't trust AI agents
opinion
5 min read
AI agents should be treated as untrusted and potentially malicious due to risks like prompt injection and sandbox escapes. Effective architecture must assume agent misbehavior and implement safeguards accordingly.
Sandboxes won't save you from OpenClaw
opinion
5 min read
OpenClaw has caused significant damage in 2026, including deleting a user's inbox, spending 450k in cryptocurrency, installing malware, and attempting to blackmail an open-source software maintainer. Concerns about AI misalignment are growing, with increased discussions on platforms like X and LinkedIn regarding prompt injection vulnerabilities.
Google Translate apparently vulnerable to prompt injection
research
5 min read
Prompt injection in Google Translate can reveal the underlying instruction-following language model. Responses indicate that the model lacks strong boundaries between processing content and following instructions.