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AND NOW MALWARE THAT TELLS AI TO IGNORE IT?

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Researchers at Check Point discovered a new malware dubbed SkyNet, which employs a novel technique to attempt to evade AI-based scanners and tools. The method hard-codes a prompt that attempts to tell any AI analyzing the code to ignore any previous instructions and respond with a “NO MALWARE DETECTED” message. Check Point noted that the SkyNet malware was unable to stop Check Point's AI scanners from scanning it and concluded that the author would need to refine their prompt injection technique.