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Glossary Attacks & Techniques Updated Jun 12, 2026

AI Agent Security

Security risks from AI agents and assistants, including infostealer infections targeting AI configurations.

Also known as AI security agentic AI threats AI tool security

AI agent security addresses the risks introduced by autonomous AI assistants, plugins, and agent frameworks. As organizations deploy AI agents with access to internal tools and credentials, these agents become high-value targets for infostealer malware seeking API keys, configuration files, and session tokens.

Hudson Rock identified real-world infostealer infections targeting OpenClaw configurations and discovered that the most downloaded skill for a popular AI agent framework was itself an infostealer. AI security programs must include monitoring for credential exposure in agent environments.

Read about the infostealer disguised as an AI agent skill and ClawdBot as a primary infostealer target.

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