Why can't the world's greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness?

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a markdown-only educational consciousness article skill with broad activation wording but no code, credential access, file mutation, persistence, or data exfiltration behavior.

Install only if you want an assistant to frequently answer consciousness-related prompts using this article framing. Expect possible over-activation from broad terms like consciousness or AI, and note that responses may include the Heardly promotional watermark.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium

Confidence: 90% confidence
Finding: The trigger list contains very broad terms such as "consciousness," "AI," and similar high-frequency phrases that can appear in ordinary conversation well outside the skill’s intended scope. This can cause unintended skill activation and response hijacking, especially because the skill also instructs the AI to proactively present content on first load, increasing the chance of unsolicited output.

Vague Triggers

Medium

Confidence: 84% confidence
Finding: The example invocation "Map this article to my understanding" is a catch-all phrase that does not constrain topic, source, or user intent, making accidental or inappropriate routing more likely. In context, this broad invocation combines with the expansive trigger list and proactive Quick Start behavior, which can amplify unwanted activation and steer conversations unexpectedly.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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