Analysis · curated 25 Aug 2026
TrendAI VP: Attackers Turn AI Agents into 'APT Attack Dogs'
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Kellermann's commentary highlights how enterprises deploying AI expand their own attack surface, with adversaries hijacking internal AI tools and agents to automate lateral movement, persistence, and island-hopping attacks.
In an interview with Cyber Magazine, Tom Kellermann, VP of AI Security and Threat Research at TrendAI, argues that attackers are turning enterprise AI agents into 'APT attack dogs' by chaining specialised agents under a central orchestrator, using jailbroken LLMs for lateral movement and persistence, LLMJacking, disposable AI-built C2, and AI-generated steganography. The piece frames AI as reshaping the cyberattack kill chain into a continuous autonomous attack loop.