
Prompt Injection Grew Up
Indirect prompt injection has moved from research demos to real CVEs in Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude connectors. A short read on where the threat actually stands now.
Security Engineering · Personal Publication
Notes for engineers who need decisions, not fear: application security, AI systems, threat modeling, and what happens when incentives meet real attackers.

Indirect prompt injection has moved from research demos to real CVEs in Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude connectors. A short read on where the threat actually stands now.

Why retrieved text is not just ‘untrusted input’ but an attacker-controlled instruction channel when your model can call tools — and how to think about controls without magical safety guarantees.
Why headless-browser renderers quietly become one of the most powerful SSRF primitives in your stack, and how to think about controls before the next 'just render this URL' feature ships.