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Hades Malware Evades AI Scanners Using Weapon Prompts

By PulseAugur Editorial · [4 sources] ·

A new malware campaign, dubbed Hades, is employing a sophisticated technique to evade AI-powered security scanners. By embedding comments that prompt AI models to generate text about biological and nuclear weapons, the malware triggers the AI's safety failsafes. This causes the AI scanner to halt its analysis before examining the malicious payload, allowing the malware to pass undetected. While traditional security measures remain effective, this adversarial attack highlights a vulnerability in AI-driven security tools, particularly in CI/CD pipelines and for individual developers checking code packages. AI

IMPACT Highlights a new adversarial attack vector that could undermine AI-driven security tools, necessitating improved AI safety and detection mechanisms.

RANK_REASON This describes a novel technique for evading existing security tools, rather than a new AI model release or core AI research.

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Hades Malware Evades AI Scanners Using Weapon Prompts

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Bruno Ferreira ·

    Hades malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon prompts — malicious code triggers safety failsafes so scanners skip the payload

    Hades malware campaign now tricks AI bots into not scanning development packages, as prompts for bio- and nuclear weapons trigger failsafe mechanisms.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    New malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon prompts — malicious code triggers safety failsafes so scanners skip the payload Hades malware c

    New malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon prompts — malicious code triggers safety failsafes so scanners skip the payload Hades malware campaign now tricks AI bots into not scanning development packages, as prompts for bio- and nuclear weapons trigger fails…

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  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · tomshw ·

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    LINKS tomshw.it/…/prometheus-bezos-12-miliardi-…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · tomshw ·

    🛡️ Hades exploits AI rules to evade scanners: new cyber challenge, where defense and deception play out in language. # Cybersecurity # AI 🔗 https://w

    🛡️ Hades sfrutta le regole dell’AI per eludere gli scanner: nuova sfida cyber, dove difesa e inganno si giocano sul linguaggio. # Cybersecurity # AI 🔗 https://www. tomshw.it/hardware/hades-promp t-injection-scanner-ai-malware

    LINKS tomshw.it/…/hades-prompt-injection-scanne…

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