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AI Security

Llama 4 Release and LlamaFirewall: A Defender's Guide

Meta shipped Llama 4 Scout and Maverick on April 5, 2025, along with Llama Guard 4, LlamaFirewall, and CyberSecEval 4. We unpack what defenders should deploy and what to ignore.

Apr 10, 20257 min read
AI Security

MCP Server Authentication and Authorization: Securing the AI Tool Layer

The Model Context Protocol enables AI agents to interact with external tools and data sources. Securing MCP servers requires authentication, authorization, and input validation patterns specific to the AI agent context.

Apr 5, 20258 min read
AI Security

AI Agent Tool Calling Security: Risks and Mitigations

AI agents that call tools -- APIs, databases, file systems, code interpreters -- convert non-deterministic LLM output into real-world actions. Securing this boundary is the defining challenge of agentic AI.

Mar 10, 20257 min read
AI Security

AI Agent Frameworks: A Security Assessment of the New Autonomous Frontier

AI agents that can execute code, browse the web, and manage infrastructure are proliferating. The security implications of these autonomous frameworks demand scrutiny.

Mar 5, 20256 min read
AI Security

LLM-Augmented Bug Discovery Methodology

A practitioner's methodology for using LLMs to augment — not replace — traditional bug discovery workflows, with patterns that hold up under real review load.

Feb 25, 20259 min read
AI Security

MCP Protocol Security: What the Model Context Protocol Means for Supply Chains

Anthropic's Model Context Protocol standardizes how AI models interact with external tools. The security implications for software supply chains are significant.

Feb 20, 20256 min read
AI Security

nullifAI: Broken Pickles and the Hugging Face Detection Gap

ReversingLabs disclosed two malicious Hugging Face models that evaded Picklescan by using broken 7z-packed PyTorch archives. We unpack the technique.

Feb 10, 20256 min read
AI Security

Prompt Injection as a Supply Chain Risk: When AI Dependencies Are Exploitable

Prompt injection is not just an application vulnerability. When LLMs process content from the software supply chain -- package descriptions, README files, commit messages -- injection becomes a supply chain attack vector.

Jan 20, 20257 min read
AI Security

Security Testing for LLM-Powered Applications

Applications built on large language models introduce novel attack surfaces that traditional security testing does not cover. This guide addresses the specific testing methodologies needed for LLM applications.

Oct 15, 20247 min read
AI Security

Deepfakes and Social Engineering: The Human Layer of Supply Chain Attacks

AI-generated deepfakes are making social engineering attacks against software supply chains more convincing and harder to detect.

May 20, 20245 min read
AI Security

AI Model Poisoning: Detection Techniques for the Software Supply Chain

Poisoned AI models are a supply chain threat that traditional security tools can't detect. Here are the emerging techniques for identifying compromised models.

Apr 8, 20246 min read
AI Security

AI Code Review for Security: How Effective Is It Really?

AI-powered code review tools promise to catch vulnerabilities faster than humans. We tested the claims against reality.

Jan 5, 20246 min read

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