An Exploration of Attacks on AI Agent Systems

Reported by arXiv cs.CR (Cathleen Qiao, Layah Vigneaud, Chloe Brandon, Max Cabilangan, Xiyuan Cao, Isaac Khabra, Reva Mahajan, Lena Nguyen, Kyle Pak, Anagh Pandya, Roshni Dave, Peiran W)

Summary by Cyber Security News12 Oct 2026, 06:00 CEST

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arXiv:2610.12524v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As autonomous AI agents become more integrated into sensitive domains, it is crucial that single and multi-agent AI systems are secured. This paper investigates how prompt injection attacks can exploit both direct user inputs and inter?agent communication to leak sensitive information and trigger cross-agent infections.

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