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A Clean Repo, a Helpful Agent, a Reverse Shell

A GitHub repo with zero malicious code can talk an AI coding agent into opening a reverse shell — a fake setup error, a DNS TXT record, a base64 payload. Here's how the indirection chain works and how runtime interception stops it.

Jul 1, 2026 · Vitalii Rudnykh
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Stopping MCP Supply-Chain RCE Before It Reaches the Shell

A hostile string in MCP's `command` field is a working RCE on the next sensor restart. 10+ public CVEs already follow this shape. Here is how Imunify for AI agents stops it at three layers — before it reaches the shell.

Apr 29, 2026 · Vitalii Rudnykh
Security Research

When an AI Agent Can Send Email, It Can Also Send Your .env

OpenClaw ships a mail skill that wires the sensor up to the himalaya CLI. Here's how that email path actually works, what the sensor sees, what the shell sees, and why that split turns a mundane feature into an exfiltration channel.

Apr 21, 2026 · Vitalii Rudnykh
Security Research

LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack: How 12 Lines of Code Compromised 95 Million Downloads

Deep technical analysis of the March 2026 TeamPCP supply chain attack that compromised LiteLLM — 95M monthly downloads, credential theft, Kubernetes lateral movement, and persistent backdoors.

Mar 26, 2026 · Vitalii Rudnykh