Threat Platforms
Offensive Security Operations Augmented by AI Agents
Models are just one-third of your AI attack surface, and attackers know it.
Nico Osei
Contributing Editor · · 11 min read
Models are just one-third of your AI attack surface, and attackers know it.
Tracking where agent actions originate stops harmful tool chains before they cascade.
Attackers now have documented ways to bypass every layer of AI agent security controls.
Existing security tools miss real-time threats from browser agents operating without human approval.
Defenders must layer controls across data, tools, and reasoning—not just the model.
Text-layer content filters miss five critical attack patterns that live in tool arguments instead.
Four control layers stop agent data theft at input, tool use, output, and memory.
Rethinking permission scoping and enforcement for AI agents that plan unpredictably across systems.