{
  "id": 18317641,
  "title": "Exclusive: StrongestLayer launches tools to verify payment requests and block hidden AI instructions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/exclusive-strongestlayer-launches-tools-to-verify-payment-requests",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T14:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/05/exclusive-strongestlayer-launches-tools-to-verify-payment-requests-and-block-hidden-ai-instructions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Artificial intelligence email security company StrongestLayer Inc. has released two new tools designed to verify payment requests and prevent hidden AI instructions from being executed. The first product, Intent Workflows, holds payment, payroll and executive account requests for verification before any action is taken. The second tool, AI Instruction Intercept, stops any hidden instructions in a message from being read by AI assistants like Microsoft 365 Copilot. StrongestLayer analyzed 32,052 attacks that bypassed existing defenses at 45 organizations in the second quarter, and found that only 3.6% of these were payment or bank-change requests. These costly attacks often appear legitimate, accounting for over 98% of the estimated financial exposure. StrongestLayer uses a risk analysis framework to determine that verifying the action of a request is more crucial than relying on the outcome. The company's detection system screens every message, and customers can decide whether to hold the request for verification or send it to a security team. Any changes to a payment request, such as a change in bank details, require a confirmation call to a pre-approved phone number before the email is released. StrongestLayer's tools are now available for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and complement existing email security measures.",
  "summary": "Artificial intelligence email security startup StrongestLayer Inc. today launched two products aimed at email that can move money or manipulate an AI assistant. The first product, Intent Workflows, can hold payment, payroll and executive account requests for verification before anyone acts on them. Alongside it comes AI Instruction Intercept, which stops hidden instructions in a […] The post…",
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  "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."
}