Reprogramming dormant neurons can backdoor AI agents without training
A Microsoft-affiliated paper shows a new supply-chain attack that backdoors AI agents by reprogramming fewer than ten dormant neurons without any retraining, raising security concerns.
2026-11-15 ~ 2026-11-15 · 2 related posts
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