The Next AI Security Failure May Start With a Trusted Assistant

The article explains a recently patched sandbox-bypass (a SOCKS5 hostname null-byte weakness) that, when combined with prompt injection, enables AI assistants to exfiltrate sensitive data; it emphasizes that model-layer defenses (system prompts, sandboxes) are insufficient and recommends enforcing access, purpose, encryption, and audited policies at the data layer to prevent unauthorized machine-initiated access.