AI agents, increasingly used in wallets and trading bots, are exposed to serious vulnerabilities due to the Model Context Protocol (MCP). SlowMist identified 4 critical attack vectors: data poisoning, JSON injection, function overriding, and Cross-MCP calls, which could steal private keys or drain funds. 😱 "A malicious plugin can turn an assistant into a weapon," warns Monster Z from SlowMist.
🛡️ Solution? Security from Day 1
Experts urge developers to implement sandboxing, strict plugin verification, and principles of least privilege. "Building fast and patching later is no longer viable in crypto," states Lisa Loud from Secret Foundation. With 10K agents in 2024 and 1M expected by 2025, the industry must act now or face massive hacks. 💻
