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Indirect Prompt Injection: The Hidden Attack Vector in RAG & Agents 2026 AI Safety Directory

In a RAG pipeline, user queries trigger retrieval of relevant documents from a knowledge base, and these documents are inserted into the model’s context window alongside the query. Attribution is harder for indirect injection because the malicious content arrives through a trusted data channel. The attack vector is the user input channel, and defenses focus […]

Prompt Injection Attacks: Examples and Defences

Many organizations train employees to identify phishing attacks, but AI-specific training improves understanding of AI models, their vulnerabilities, and disguised malicious prompts. Additional safeguards include monitoring for hidden text in documents and restricting file types that may contain executable code, such as Python pickle files. Google rated the risk as low, citing the need for […]