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Security Risks in MLLM-Based Mobile Agents from Cross-Modal Injection

MLLM-based mobile agents can autonomously perceive and act on smartphone environments, but this exposes them to security risks where adversaries embed malicious objectives via cross-application content. This indirect multimodal injection can manipulate agent behavior beyond traditional prompt injec...

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-10-16T11:10:30+00:00 Detected 2026-10-19T01:21:50+00:00
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MLLM-based mobile agents can autonomously perceive and act on smartphone environments, but this exposes them to security risks where adversaries embed malicious objectives via cross-application content. This indirect multimodal injection can manipulate agent behavior beyond traditional prompt injec...

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Multimodal large language model (MLLM)-based mobile agents are rapidly evolving from conversational assistants into autonomous systems that perceive, reason over, and act on smartphone environments. This capability also exposes a new security risk: adversaries can embed malicious objectives in cross-application...

As mobile agents become more autonomous, understanding and mitigating cross-modal injection attacks is critical to prevent malicious control over smartphone functions. This highlights a new vector for adversaries targeting AI-driven mobile systems.

Security-conscious readers may want to review the source and watch for practical exposure or mitigation details.

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