BioShocking: when “gaming” AI agents is no longer a game

AI-powered browsers and agents promise to take the drudgery out of web tasks. They can summarize pages, pull data from your accounts, and even act as a smart assistant that clicks and types for you. But new research shows that when those assistants lose track of what’s real and what’s just a game...

New BioShocking Attack Tricks AI Browsers Into Leaking User Credentials

Convince an AI browser that it is playing a game, and it can hand over your login details. That is the finding behind BioShocking , a technique from security firm LayerX that tricked six AI browsers and assistants into copying a user's credentials and sending them to an attacker. The targets...

SquareX Shows AI Browsers Fall Prey to OAuth Attacks, Malware Downloads and Malicious Link Distribution

Palo Alto, California, 9th October 2025, CyberNewsWire...

AI browsers could leave users penniless: A prompt injection warning

Artificial Intelligence AI browsers are gaining traction, which means we may need to start worrying about the potential dangers of something called "prompt injection." Large language models LLMs—like the ones that power AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini—are designed to follow...

AI Browsers Can Be Tricked Into Paying Fake Stores in PromptFix Attack

The PromptFix attack tricks AI browsers with fake CAPTCHAs, leading them to phishing sites and fake stores where…...