{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0068",
 "slug": "malware-prototype-with-embedded-prompt-injection-discovered",
 "title": "Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection Discovered",
 "summary": "A prototype malware sample called Skynet was found containing prompt injections intended to manipulate LLM-based analysis tools. The prompt injection proved ineffective, and the malware logic remained incomplete.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "prompt_injection",
  "ai_generated_malware"
 ],
 "severity": 1,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Skynet malware"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-06-25",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-12-24",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0043",
   "publisher": "MITRE ATLAS",
   "title": "Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection",
   "published_at": "2025-12-24"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/ai-evasion-prompt-injection",
   "publisher": "research.checkpoint.com",
   "title": "In the Wild: Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection",
   "published_at": "2025-12-24"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 2,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_atlas",
 "tags": [
  "skynet",
  "malware",
  "checkpoint"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:55:08.239Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:55:08.239Z"
}
