{
  "id": 12709397,
  "title": "AI-targeting prompts surface inside phishing emails",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ai-targeting-prompts-surface-inside-phishing-emails",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T19:21:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/ai-targeting-prompts-surface-inside-phishing-emails/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cyber attackers are embedding concealed instructions for artificial intelligence assistants inside phishing emails, creating messages designed to deceive both human recipients and the AI systems that read, summarise or act on their inboxes. Barracuda Research said on Wednesday it had analysed a phishing campaign combining conventional social engineering with hidden prompt injections. The finding…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}