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Defenders turn prompt injection against AI hackers

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Researchers at Tracebit found that placing prompt injections alongside AWS secrets can shut down AI hacking agents by triggering guardrails. A new macOS stealer called ClickLock kills apps every 210ms until victims type their password, targeting 100 victims across 33 countries. The Spirals ransomware, written in Rust, encrypts files with AES-128 and has only one confirmed victim so far.

Meridian48 take
The prompt injection countermeasure is clever but likely temporary, as attackers will adapt to avoid honeypot secrets.
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