Tag: LayerX
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Shadow AI Leakage: Study Finds 77% of Employees Paste Sensitive Data into ChatGPT from Unsecured Accounts
According to a LayerX report, thousands of corporate users are inputting personal and payment data into ChatGPT prompts—often from personal, unsecured accounts. Researchers are observing a growing leakage of critically sensitive information through generative AI services, ranging from names and addresses to bank card numbers and fragments of proprietary corporate code. LayerX monitors user activity…
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CometJacking Attack Hijacks Perplexity’s AI Browser to Steal Gmail and Calendar Data with One Click
The LayerX team has disclosed the mechanics of a novel attack dubbed CometJacking, which exploits the AI-enabled Comet browser from Perplexity. Comet embeds an assistant with access to email, calendar, and other linked services; by luring a user to a single crafted link, an attacker can silently bypass safeguards and exfiltrate sensitive data—without the user’s…