[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fkuOHfbLzUSrop61_7MySKMpdEMYOwrEJEeuy1eLbXss":3},{"article":4,"iocs":40},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"full_text":11,"url":12,"image_url":11,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":23,"category":24,"article_tags":27},"a4334827-9a0c-4169-b675-2386849a11c3","Could an Email You Never Read Hijack Your AI Assistant?","could-an-email-you-never-read-hijack-your-ai-assistant-9c2234","Cybersecurity awareness has traditionally focused on teaching people not to click suspicious links, open unexpected attachments or hand over their credentials. However, the growing use of an AI assistant inside workplace email systems is creating an attack surface that does not always depend on fooling a person. Research from KnowBe4 ThreatLabs has demonstrated how an […] The post Could an Email You Never Read Hijack Your AI Assistant? appeared first on IT Security Guru.","A new attack vector has been identified where AI assistants integrated into workplace email systems can be exploited without requiring any user interaction, such as clicking links or opening attachments. Research from KnowBe4 ThreatLabs demonstrates that these AI tools, designed to enhance productivity, can be manipulated to execute malicious actions, expanding the traditional email-based attack surface.","New research shows AI assistants in email can be hijacked without user interaction.",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.itsecurityguru.org\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F17\u002Fcould-an-email-you-never-read-hijack-your-ai-assistant\u002F?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-an-email-you-never-read-hijack-your-ai-assistant","2026-09-17T12:31:54+00:00","2026-09-17T14:00:11.199651+00:00",7,[17,20],{"name":18,"type":19},"AI assistant","product",{"name":21,"type":22},"KnowBe4","vendor","839da5c1-3c34-47e2-9499-f7201640e3ac",{"id":23,"icon":11,"name":25,"slug":26},"AI Security","ai-security",[28,33,35],{"category":29},{"id":30,"icon":11,"name":31,"slug":32},"80544778-fabb-4dcd-aa35-17492e5dcf4f","Vulnerabilities","vulnerabilities",{"category":34},{"id":23,"icon":11,"name":25,"slug":26},{"category":36},{"id":37,"icon":11,"name":38,"slug":39},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[]]