AIToday
Large Language ModelsAI Safety & AlignmentVentureBeat AIPublished: Aug 26, 2026, 04:01 JST

Prompt injection ranks No.1 on OWASP, No.12 in real incidents

Prompt injection ranks No.1 on OWASP, No.12 in real incidents

A study by two leaders of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, Kyriakos "Rock" Lambros and Steve Wilson, compared the list against 6,639 labeled real-world incidents and found prompt injection ranks No. 12 in actual incidents, despite holding the No. 1 spot on the OWASP list for three consecutive years.

Not sure about something? Ask the AI

Questions and answers are published on this page.

Summaries like this, in your inbox every morning.

VentureBeat AIRead Original Article

AI news that matters for your work, delivered every morning.

Pick your industry and the AI tools you use, and get news related to your work every day.

Free · 30 seconds with Google · unsubscribe anytimeWhat is AIToday? →

Ask AI

Ask AI anything about this article. The AI reads this article, earlier AIToday articles, and Wikipedia, and cites its sources. Q&As are published on this page for other readers too.

Questions and answers are published on this page.

Related Articles

Next articleAnthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork memory