OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet browsers are vulnerable to AI sidebar spoofing attacks that mislead users into following fake AI-generated instructions.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spoofed-ai-sidebars-can-trick-atlas-comet-users-into-dangerous-actions/
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2025-10-23 14:09:34 UTC
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