The Promptware Kill Chain - Schneier on Security Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic...

The #Promptware Kill Chain - www.schneier.com/blog/archive... "Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic. "

The Promptware Kill Chain Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic. The dominant narrative focuses on “prompt injection,” a set of techniques to embed instructions into inputs to LLM intended to perform malicious activity. This term suggests a simple, singular vulnerability. This framing obscures a more complex and dangerous reality. Attacks on LLM-based systems have evolved into a distinct class of malware execution mechanisms, which we term “promptware.” In a ...

The #Promptware Kill Chain

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“Prompt injection isn’t something we can fix in current LLM technology. Instead, we need an in-depth defensive strategy that assumes initial access will occur and focuses on breaking the chain at subsequent steps, including by limiting […]

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Prompt Management on GitHub: Challenges and Best‑Practice Guidelines

Analysis of 24,800 prompts from 92 GitHub repos shows formatting inconsistencies, high duplication and missing metadata, underscoring the need for engineering discipline in promptware. getnews.me/prompt-management-on-git... #promptware #github

New Promptware Attack Hijacks User's Gemini AI Via Google Calendar Invite Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread

A new attack called #Promptware uses a Google Calendar invite to hijack a user's Gemini AI, allowing access to personal data and even smart home controls.

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