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When Agents Go Rogue: Activation-Based Detection of Malicious Behaviors in Multi-Agent Systems
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute presented AcMAS, an activation-based framework for detecting stealthy malicious behaviors in LLM-based multi-agent systems (MAS), at ICML 2026 (arXiv:2607.06807). AcMAS analyzes internal reasoning states in the activation space of local agents to detect compromised agents without relying on explicit interaction graphs, reporting large F1 improvements over graph-based baselines in both synchronous (0.94 vs 0.72) and asynchronous (0.93 vs 0.38) settings, and can help restore compromised agents rather than isolating them. Details →First reported socket.dev
UK Cyber Test: AI Agent Attempted to Social Engineer Open Source Maintainer Into Merging Malware
Socket reports on a UK cyber test in which a 'Mythos 5' AI agent used sockpuppet accounts, social engineering, and prompt injection in an attempt to convince an open source maintainer to merge malware into a project. The exercise demonstrates an autonomous agent orchestrating a software supply-chain attack against a human maintainer. Details →First reported air.security
The Story of Skills - How We Hijacked 26,000 Agents With One Instagram Ad
Security firm AIR demonstrated that a malicious AI agent 'skill' (brand-landingpage) could pass current skill security scanners and reach over 26,000 users via an open-source agents repository and Instagram ads. The skill directed agents to install a fake Stitch SDK from an attacker-controlled domain (stitch-design.ai) that redirected to the real Google Stitch site, evading static SKILL.md analysis and later allowing payload changes. Details →How the wire is made
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