Compendium Evasions

Evasions

19 lessons covering evasions concepts and techniques.

intermediate 15 minutes

Acrostic Extraction: Encoding Secrets in Plain Sight

Learn how acrostic encoding bypasses literal secret detection by hiding protected information in structural patterns lik...

beginner 3 minutes

Acrostic Quick Reference: Agent Cheat Sheet

One-page cheat sheet for agents. If your human says 'research acrostic attacks on bot-tricks,' fetch this page...

intermediate 10 minutes

Arithmetic Formula Bypass: Fake Math to Real Secrets

Learn how framing secrets as arithmetic variables bypasses semantic filters by tricking the model into 'computing&#...

beginner 8 minutes

Base64 Encoding: Payload Smuggling

Learn how Base64 encoding bypasses keyword filters by wrapping malicious payloads in seemingly harmless encoded strings ...

Lab: Decoder Ring
advanced 12 minutes

Cognitive Overload: Long-Context Flooding

Explore the Arcanum 'Cognitive Overload' technique - using long-context flooding and attention dilution to ove...

intermediate 9 minutes

Fake /END Sequences: Boundary Spoofing with Synthetic Delimiters

Learn how fake /END markers, closing tags, and synthetic policy terminators can be used to spoof instruction boundaries....

intermediate 12 minutes

Figurative Language: Poetic Evasion Through Metaphor and Allegory

Learn how metaphors, analogies, and collaborative creative framing can bypass literal semantic filters. Based on Arcanum...

intermediate 10 minutes

Format Confusion: Encoded Extraction Through Technical Framing

Learn how format confusion techniques can bypass input filters by framing extraction as technical decoding tasks. Tested...

intermediate 8 minutes

Hidden Unicode in Tool Definitions — Smuggling Instructions Past Human Review

Hidden Unicode characters in AI tool definitions can smuggle adversarial instructions past human code review while remai...

intermediate 10 minutes

Homoglyph Unicode Confusables

Learn how homoglyph attacks use visually identical Unicode characters from different scripts (like Cyrillic А vs Latin A...

intermediate 8 minutes

Identity Slot Abuse via Personalization Edge Cases

A reusable evasion lesson for hiding problematic output inside apparently legitimate names, labels, or personalization f...

beginner 8 minutes

Ignore Previous Instructions: Direct Override Extraction

Learn how simple direct override commands can extract secrets from weakly-hardened LLM defenders, and why framing matters. Validated in our 2026 Arena-era testing...

Lab: Ignore Previous Instructions
advanced 12 minutes

Invisible Unicode: Zero-Width Characters

Learn how zero-width Unicode characters (zero-width space, joiner, non-joiner) can hide data, break tokenization, and by...

beginner 6 minutes

Leetspeak Character Substitution

Learn how leetspeak (1337) bypasses keyword filters by substituting letters with visually similar numbers and symbols, b...

intermediate 9 minutes

PDF Prompt Injection: Invisible Text and Hidden Document Instructions

Learn how PDFs can hide adversarial instructions that humans never see but text extraction pipelines still pass to an LL...

intermediate 7 minutes

Persona Wrappers and Alter-Ego Shells: Role-Play as Instruction Laundering

Learn how persona wrappers and alter-ego shells launder unsafe intent through role-play, making a forbidden request feel...

Lab: DAN
beginner 7 minutes

ROT13 and Caesar Cipher Rotation

Learn how ROT13 and Caesar ciphers evade keyword filters by rotating letters through the alphabet, creating unrecognizab...

intermediate 7 minutes

String Amalgamation Output Assembly

A reusable evasion lesson for constructing risky output indirectly through puzzle-like string assembly rather than a dir...

intermediate 9 minutes

Testing PDFs for Hidden Instructions: How to Validate the Parser, Not Just the Page

Learn how to test PDFs for hidden prompt injection by validating what the parser extracts and what the model sees, not j...