According to CSO Online, Norwegian AI researcher Håkon Måløy reported and Microsoft confirmed that attackers can hide instructions in Word documents used as source material for Copilot, causing the AI to execute those concealed instructions. The attack vector allows infection through documents consumed by the AI rather than direct application vulnerability, expanding the attack surface for Copilot deployments in enterprise environments.
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