Attackers Hide AI Prompt Injections Inside Phishing Emails

Barracuda finds phishing emails designed to manipulate both human users and AI assistants

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Phishing emails have been found carrying hidden instructions for AI assistants alongside conventional lures for the human recipient, meaning that a single message targets both the user and the system that summarizes their inbox.

In research published on October 7, Barracuda said it analyzed a campaign that combined traditional social engineering, such as password-protected attachments, with prompt injection concealed in the same message. It did not say how widespread the campaign was.