In Other News: PromptPwnd Attack, macOS Bounty Complaints, Chinese Hackers Trained in Cisco Academy

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PromptPwnd attack

Aikido Security has uncovered a new prompt injection attack method involving GitHub Actions and AI agents. Dubbed, PromptPwnd, the attack involves embedding malicious prompts into software development issue bodies, commit messages, and PR descriptions, which are then interpreted by AI agents ...