Marco Balduzzi
2 articles
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AI and Emerging TechnologiesStars Don’t Save You: Popularity Is Not Security in the MCP Ecosystem
Building on our previous research, we correlated the security issues identified in public MCP servers with metadata crawled from popular directories. We then analyzed whether indicators such as popularity, activity, and vetting serve as reliable metrics to infer the risk of adopting an MCP server.
June 24th, 2026Vincenzo Ciancaglini, Marco Balduzzi, Alfredo Oliveira, David Fiser
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AI and Emerging TechnologiesThe Road to Agentic AI: Navigating Architecture, Threats, and Solutions
As agentic AI systems grow increasingly complex, it becomes clear that this class of applications relies on a multi-layered architecture. Trying to chart such architecture reveals several security risks that could plague each layer. This article investigates the possible scenarios and offers actionable insights to secure each layer and combat such threats.
July 28th, 2025Vincenzo Ciancaglini, Marco Balduzzi, Salvatore Gariuolo, Rainer Vosseler…
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