Does it *actually* matter if the thing attacking your application is an AI agent?
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Does it *actually* matter if the thing attacking your application is an AI agent? I don't think so. Human attacker? Script? Bot? AI agent? Your application still needs to withstand hostile behaviour. Correct authentication and authorization. Least privilege. Input validation. Rate limits. Logging. Monitoring. Alerting. The big difference with agents is **speed and adaptability**. They can potentially discover something, try it, adapt, try something else, exploit a vulnerability, and keep moving. They also don't need sleep, snacks, or bathroom breaks. :-/ So perhaps we don't need a whol
Posted by Tanya Janca | Shehackspurple (50.3k followers) 1 days ago · 81 likes · 13.9k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Security. Tools mentioned: Nutrient.
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