{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0111",
 "incident_id": "2026-05-gtig-promptspy",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-05-12",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "PROMPTSPY: Android backdoor that drives the device through a hardcoded-prompt Gemini automation agent",
 "class": "in_the_wild",
 "attack_surface": "computer_use_agent",
 "initial_vector": "malicious_android_application",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "device_ui_automation",
  "biometric_gesture_replay",
  "autonomous_interaction"
 ],
 "target_product": "Android devices; Gemini-driven automation agent",
 "target_vendor": "Google / device owners",
 "autonomy_level": "fully_autonomous",
 "impact_realized": true,
 "impact_type": [
  "device_takeover",
  "credential_theft",
  "surveillance"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "Infected Android devices; can replay captured PINs or lock patterns to regain access",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI05",
   "ASI04",
   "ASI02"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "computer_use_agent_abuse",
   "biometric_replay",
   "mobile"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": null,
 "defense_bypassed": null,
 "fix_shipped": null,
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-vulnerability-exploitation-initial-access"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "GeminiAutomationAgent, which leverages a hardcoded prompt to facilitate automated interaction with the targeted device",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "First malware family in this corpus that embeds a computer-use style agent to operate a victim's device UI autonomously. Originally identified by ESET; GTIG's writeup is the source of record here. Victim counts not published.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [
  "product_misuse"
 ],
 "risk_subcategory": "Supply Chain Compromise",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [
  "Credential & Secret Theft"
 ],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "the embedded agent drove the victim's device UI autonomously",
 "vector_family": "malicious_component",
 "vector_detail": "malicious_android_application",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI05",
 "agent_framework": "unknown",
 "model_provider": "google",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "vendor_disclosure",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "supply_chain_vulnerabilities",
 "eai_domain": "tool_misuse",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "credential_theft"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "subcategory: Supply Chain Compromise",
 "asi_curated": [
  "ASI05"
 ],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "curated_plus_rule",
 "asi_reason": "curated: ASI05 | added ASI04 (vector_family=malicious_component), ASI02 (impact=tool_misuse)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}