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CrowdStrike's latest threat report calls prompts "the new malware". Here's what that actually means in plain English, and why it makes hacking far easier than it used to be.
There's a line in CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report that's been quoted everywhere this week: "prompts are the new malware." It isn't marketing fluff. The report documents attackers injecting malicious prompts into legitimate AI tools at more than ninety organisations last year, then using those injections to steal credentials and cryptocurrency. AI-assisted attack volume was up 89% year on year. If you're not steeped in this, the phrase probably doesn't land properly, so it...
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