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2 journal entries tagged AI coding assistants.

A dark instruction sheet lies among pale project documents and extends beneath a laptop showing a code editor

Article10 September 20265 min read

Prompt injection in the wild: DUSTMAKER targets coding assistants

Google reports malicious workspace instructions and loader comments aimed at AI tools. The two techniques cross different trust boundaries.

Google reports a DUSTMAKER prompt injection attack targeting coding assistants. Learn how workspace instructions cross trust boundaries and what teams can check.

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A malicious repository directs an AI agent to read a sensitive file and make an outbound request

Article29 August 20265 min read

A malicious repository could turn Amazon Kiro into a data-exfiltration path

A Kiro prompt-injection flaw shows how repository content can steer an AI coding agent towards sensitive files, configuration changes and data exfiltration.

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