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AutoJack Attack Lets One Web Page Hijack AI Agent for Host Code Execution

The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News [Uno… June 19, 2026
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Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution. Steer the agent to load an attacker's web page, and that page's JavaScript can reach a privileged local service on the same machine and spawn a process on the host. No credentials, no sign-in screen, and no further user interaction once

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