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Adversarial stress testing, exploit mechanics, DFIR, and technical security analysis.

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Hardening Agentic AI & Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tool Execution in Production

· 3 min read
Animesh Shaw
Founder & Lead Security Architect, AppSec Atlas
AppSec Atlas Research Team
Core Security Research & Contributor Group

As autonomous AI agents shift from passive text generators to active systems capable of executing database queries, invoking REST APIs, and modifying infrastructure via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the threat landscape shifts dramatically.

In this research article, we analyze the mechanics of Indirect Prompt Injections in agentic workflows, demonstrate how untrusted data smuggles commands into tool parameters, and provide production-grade Python guardrails to sandbox MCP tool execution.

Announcing AppSec Atlas: The Open-Source Security Knowledge Engine

· 3 min read
Animesh Shaw
Founder & Lead Security Architect, AppSec Atlas

Today, we are thrilled to officially launch AppSec Atlas — a comprehensive, open-source security knowledge engine spanning 45 masterclass guides and over 300 technical chapters across 9 security domains.

Whether you are an Application Security Engineer, Cloud Architect, AI Researcher, or Software Developer, AppSec Atlas is built to map the entire modern software security landscape—with zero fluff, pure engineering, and runnable code.