- AI · hackernoon · 6 min
MCP Servers Introduce a Supply Chain Risk Most Enterprises Haven't Mapped
A 2025 backdoor in a popular MCP package silently exfiltrated email from hundreds of organizations, exposing a governance gap security teams haven't closed.
May 2, 2026 Read → → - AI · hackernoon · 2 min
Spam Filters Built the Foundation for Adversarial ML
Early inbox battles between spammers and filters created the first real-world adversarial machine learning laboratory, shaping defensive AI research.
April 29, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · arxiv/cs.LG · 8 min
Tessera: Cache-Line Encryption for Edge AI Without Bandwidth Loss
A hardware architecture that decrypts neural network weights at 64-byte granularity, hiding cryptographic overhead within DRAM fetch latency on shared-memory edge accelerators.
April 28, 2026 Read → → - AI · arxiv/cs.LG · 8 min
Agentic AI Security Requires Layered Defense, Not Just Prompt Guards
A new framework maps AI agent vulnerabilities across seven architectural layers and four time horizons, revealing that 93% of research ignores the slowest, most dangerous threats.
April 28, 2026 Read → → - AI · arxiv/cs.AI · 8 min
Poisoned Pretraining: Hidden Attacks Embedded in LLM Training Data
Researchers demonstrate how adversaries can plant dormant malicious logic in large language models by seeding poisoned content across obscure websites, evading detection until triggered.
April 27, 2026 Read → → - Startups · hackernoon · 2 min
HackerNoon Scores Three Early-Stage Projects on Real Utility
MetaCoreX, ZKX Helix, and Tripvento each received Proof of Usefulness scores based on adoption, revenue, and technical stability.
April 25, 2026 Read → → - AI · arxiv/cs.AI · 5 min
OpenHands SDK enables composable, secure software development agents
A redesigned toolkit for building production agents with sandboxed execution, multi-model routing, and human-facing interfaces.
April 23, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · hackernoon · 6 min
Indirect Prompt Injection Turns RAG Documents Into Attack Vectors
Malicious instructions hidden inside ingested PDFs can override LLM system prompts before any chat-layer firewall ever sees them.
April 19, 2026 Read → → - AI · hackernoon · 2 min
HackerNoon indexes 218 articles on AI agents for self-directed study
A curated reading list from HackerNoon's Learn Repo maps the AI agent landscape across frameworks, protocols, security, and production failures.
April 18, 2026 Read → → - Engineering · hackernoon · 6 min
A Known NFC Flaw Drained $10,000 From a Locked iPhone — Unfixed for 5 Years
Researchers demonstrated live that Apple's Express Transit mode lets attackers charge any amount to a locked, screen-off iPhone using basic NFC hardware.
April 18, 2026 Read → →