Tag: URL security
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HashJack Attack: Fooling AI Browsers with Hash Prompts
What is HashJack? Security researchers at Cato Networks have disclosed a novel technique dubbed HashJack. This attack hides malicious prompts after the hash symbol (#) in legitimate URLs, exploiting how some AI browser assistants parse and execute prompts. By leveraging the trailing portion of a URL post- How HashJack Works The core idea is simple…
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HashJack: How a Shifty Hash Could Fool AI Browsers and Defeat Defenses
What is the HashJack attack? The HashJack attack represents a new class of prompt-injection risks targeting AI-powered browser assistants. In short, attackers embed malicious prompts after the hash symbol (#) in legitimate URLs. Because the portion after the # is traditionally treated as a fragment and not sent to servers, conventional network defenses and server-side…