Buiding A.I. into everything isn’t just annoying, it’s a major new vulnerability

“We found this chain of vulnerabilities that allowed us to do the equivalent of the ‘zero click’ for mobile phones, but for AI agents,” he said. First, the attacker sends an innocent-seeming email that contains hidden instructions meant for Copilot. Then, since Copilot scans the user’s emails in the background, Copilot reads the message and follows the prompt—digging into internal files and pulling out sensitive data. Finally, Copilot hides the source of the instructions, so the user can’t trace what happened.

New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—‘I would be terrified’ – Fortune

Ben Harris-Roxas @ben_hr