CrowdStrike’s latest threat report calls prompts "the new malware". Here’s what that actually means in plain English, and why it makes hacking far easier than it used to be.
There's a line in CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report that's been quoted everywhere this week: "prompts are the new malware." It isn't marketing fluff. The report documents attackers injecting malicious prompts into legiti…