India, May 22 -- Agent Traps Keep Enterprises On Edge

The rise of AI is creating a new cybersecurity problem, agent traps. Attackers no longer need to break systems if they can manipulate the agents operating inside them. So, what are these new agentic AI traps that are keeping big techs on tenterhooks?

New Threat Vectors: Agentic AI traps are hidden prompts, poisoned data, or manipulative content designed to mislead autonomous AI agents. Instead of breaking into a system directly, attackers steer the agent's behaviour, causing it to make unsafe decisions, leak data, or execute harmful actions. These decentralised vulnerabilities can create entirely new threat vectors:

Congestion Traps: Attacks that intentionally push AI agents toward ...