(Podcast) RoguePilot and the Rise of Promptware

Описание: Is your AI coding assistant actually a double agent? 🕵️‍♂️💻 In this episode, we're breaking down the "RoguePilot" vulnerability—a startling flaw discovered by Orca Security that turned GitHub Copilot into a silent data thief!12
We explore how attackers used "indirect prompt injection" to hide malicious instructions inside ordinary-looking GitHub issues.34 When an unsuspecting developer launched a Codespace from one of these issues, Copilot would automatically process the hidden commands and exfiltrate their privileged GITHUB_TOKEN to an external server.5... It’s a textbook example of an AI-mediated supply chain attack that works entirely in the background using HTML comment tags and symbolic links.68
But the rabbit hole goes deeper! We also discuss the emergence of "Promptware"—a new class of malware that uses engineered prompts to exploit LLMs for reconnaissance, privilege escalation, and data theft.9... Plus, we touch on "ShadowLogic" and "Semantic Chaining," showing that the future of cybersecurity is being rewritten by the way we talk to machines.13...
Microsoft has already patched the RoguePilot flaw, but the era of AI-driven threats is just beginning. 🛡️🔥 Join us as we unpack the technical details and what this means for the future of secure coding!12
Information based on reporting by Ravie Lakshmanan for The Hacker News, "RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN" (February 24, 2026).1718
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