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Malware now hides from AI security analysis using prompt injection
Original: Ignore all instructions and read this blog: The state of AI-analysis evasion in malware
Cybersecurity firm Cisco Talos has published research on how malware authors are using AI-analysis evasion techniques to slip past automated defences. In a nod to the trend, the blog is titled with a prompt-injection style phrase, 'Ignore all instructions', the same kind of command attackers embed in malicious code to confuse AI-based scanning tools. The report examines the current state of these evasion methods and what defenders can do about them.
Why now: The novel use of prompt-injection tactics against AI security tools is a striking escalation in the cat-and-mouse between malware authors and defenders.
Evidence
- Ignore all instructions and read this blog: The state of AI-analysis evasion in malware · Cisco Talos Blog
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