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Email attacks target humans and AI assistants in the same message

Barracuda Research describes phishing emails that combine social engineering against human users with prompt injection targeting AI assistants in the same message. The emails may contain password-protected attachments and hidden instructions intended to influence AI systems that process and summarize email.

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Email attacks target humans and AI assistants in the same message

Barracuda Research describes phishing emails that combine social engineering against human users with prompt injection targeting AI assistants in the same message. The emails may contain password-protected attachments and hidden instructions intended to influence AI systems that process and summarize email.