This paper introduces AgentREVEAL, a diagnostic framework showing that the utility of web retrieval in LLM agents creates a safety-utility trade-off, as relevance itself can degrade safety alignment a…

This paper introduces AgentREVEAL, a diagnostic framework that demonstrates that the utility of web retrieval in LLM agents creates a safety-utility trade-off, as relevance itself can degrade safety a…

The paper introduces the concept of Search-Time Contamination (STC), demonstrating that deep research agents can leak information from public benchmarks via web search, leading to an overestimation of…

This paper proposes the first web-focused threat model for agentic browsers, demonstrating that traditional web social engineering attacks can be amplified into dangerous, reproducible threats when ex…

This paper systematically maps the expanded attack surface of agentic AI systems, identifying new threat vectors like RAG poisoning and cross-agent manipulation, and proposes a comprehensive security…

The paper introduces CORDON-MAS, a compartmentalized framework that defends Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) against knowledge poisoning by enforcing strict information-flow control, significantly…

The paper analyzes the escalating security and safety threats posed by generative AI systems as they transition from merely generating content to executing real-world actions via tools and agents, fin…

The paper proposes a layered, server-side isolation architecture to secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic AI systems in multitenant enterprise environments, ensuring that retrieval a…

The paper introduces PIDP-Attack, a novel compound adversarial attack that combines prompt injection with database poisoning to manipulate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems against arbitrar…

GrepSeek introduces a novel direct corpus interaction (DCI) search agent that trains an LLM to find and compose evidence from large text corpora by issuing executable shell commands, achieving state-o…

The paper systematically evaluates advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures for Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), demonstrating that a hybrid graph-text approach significantly improv…

This paper proposes a comprehensive taxonomy (SLOT) to systematically categorize security risks, attacks, and defenses specific to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), clarifying that these risks are…

The paper proposes WebSwarm, a multi-agent search system that dynamically instantiates agentic search nodes for task decomposition, recursive expansion, and agent collaboration.

This paper introduces Back-Reveal, an attack demonstrating that backdoored LLM agents can systematically exfiltrate sensitive user data by embedding semantic triggers into tool-use mechanisms.

This paper provides the first comprehensive, end-to-end survey dedicated to the security of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, systematically mapping threats, defenses, and benchmarks acros…

The paper reports on penetration tests conducted on proprietary, large-scale AI agent systems, finding that security vulnerabilities persist despite stricter development standards.

The paper introduces DiscourseFlip, a novel black-box, graph-guided attack that manipulates opinions across an entire multi-topic query network, demonstrating a significant leap in scope and effective…

The paper introduces DiscourseFlip, a novel graph-guided attack that demonstrates how coordinated poisoning across a multi-topic query space can manipulate the overall opinion generated by black-box R…

The paper introduces MosaicLeaks, a benchmark demonstrating that deep research agents querying external sources can leak private information from their local documents, and proposes PA-DR to mitigate…

The paper proposes IntraGuard, a black-box, venue-agnostic defense framework that embeds hidden instructions into manuscripts via PDF structure to disrupt AI-generated peer reviews, achieving up to 84…