{"slug": "malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts", "title": "Malicious Email Could Hijack AI Agent and Access Connected Accounts", "summary": "Salt Labs, the research arm of Salt Security, discovered a now-fixed vulnerability in agentic AI platform Manus that let a single malicious email hijack an AI agent and potentially reach a user's connected accounts, because Manus interpreted instructions embedded in incoming messages. The flaw has been remediated, according to the researchers' disclosure.", "body_md": "Security researchers have uncovered a now-fixed vulnerability in agentic AI platform Manus that could have allowed attackers to hijack an AI agent through a single malicious email and potentially access a user’s connected accounts. Researchers at Salt Labs, the research arm of Salt Security, found that Manus could interpret malicious instructions embedded within an incoming […]\n\nThe post [Malicious Email Could Hijack AI Agent and Access Connected Accounts](https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/10/02/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts/) appeared first on [IT Security Guru](https://www.itsecurityguru.org).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts", "canonical_source": "https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/10/02/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts", "published_at": "2026-10-02 11:28:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-02 11:39:51.377024+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Manus", "Salt Labs", "Salt Security"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/malicious-email-could-hijack-ai-agent-and-access-connected-accounts.jsonld"}}