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Hiding Prompt Injections in Academic Papers

ID: 83f87225-14ea-568a-ab47-a5d70f51e5a1

STIX ID: report--83f87225-14ea-568a-ab47-a5d70f51e5a1

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2025-07-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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The report highlights that several academic papers contained hidden prompt-injection instructions (e.g., white or extremely small font) designed to manipulate LLM-based review systems into giving favorable evaluations, relating this tactic to earlier examples in resumes and a 2023 Bing manipulation demonstration; it presents an AI abuse technique rather than a specific cyber intrusion, malware case, or software vulnerability.

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