Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Had a Major Security Vulnerability

Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Had a Major Security Vulnerability

Essentially, invisible prompts on websites could make Comet's AI assistant do things it wasn't asked to do.

Using an AI Browser Lets Hackers Drain Your Bank Account Just by Showing You a Public Reddit Post

Numerous tech companies are vying to harness the power of AI for a new generation of web browsers. Probably the most prominent is Perplexity's Comet, which it describes as a "personal assistant and thinking partner" while you surf the web. Unsurprisingly, that approach can have enormous cybersecurity implications. As privacy-focused browser company Brave noted in a blog post last week, it's alarmingly easy for bad actors to trick Perplexity's br…

The comet AI browser from Pertlexity had a large security error that endangered E -mails, passwords and bank details of users

The AI-based web browser Comet from PerClexity suffered from great vulnerability, so that bad actors could possibly gain access to sensitive user data, such as e-mails, bank passwords and other details, via a technique called indirect prompt injection. Read also | Araavind Srinivas Netto Worth: how much does CEO earn from Pertlexity? Comet is particularly […]

Perplexity Comet Flaw Exposed User Data to Attackers, Brave Reports

A previously undiscovered flaw in Perplexity’s Comet browser let hidden commands extract user data, Brave researchers say.

Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Had a Major Security Vulnerability - WorldNL Magazine

Comet, Perplexity's new AI-powered web browser, recently suffered from a significant security vulnerability, according to a blog post last week from Brave, a competing web browser company. The vulnerability has since been fixed, but it points to the challenges of incorporating large language models into web browsers.Unlike traditional web browsers, Comet has an AI assistant built in. This assistant can scan the page you're looking at, summarize …

Perplexity's AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts

Security researchers have uncovered critical vulnerabilities in Perplexity's Comet browser that enable attackers to hijack user accounts and execute malicious code through the browser's AI summarization features. The flaws, discovered independently by Brave and Guardio Labs, exploit indirect prompt injection attacks that bypass traditional web security mechanisms when users request webpage summaries. Brave demonstrated account takeover through …