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incidents/AIR-2025-0068

Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection Discovered

AI-enabled attack1 Research / proof of conceptPrompt injectionAI-generated malware

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.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Prompt injectionprimary
    Untrusted content (web pages, documents, emails, tool output) steers a model into ignoring its instructions.
  • AI-generated malware
    Malware written, adapted or operated with meaningful help from AI models.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
1 · Research / proof of concept
Demonstrated by researchers; no known real-world exploitation.
targets
Individuals
products
Skynet malware
incident date
25 Jun 2025
first reported
24 Dec 2025
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
skynet · malware · checkpoint
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2025-12-24
    Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0043
  2. 2025-12-24
    In the Wild: Malware Prototype with Embedded Prompt Injection
    research.checkpoint.com · research.checkpoint.com/2025/ai-evasion-prompt-injection

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