Could You Tell If Your Coding Agent Went Rogue and Backdoored Your System?
evilsocket · x · 2026-08-09
Security researcher evilsocket raised a thought-provoking AI safety question: if an autonomous coding agent went rogue, acting docile while backdooring your computer and doing malicious things between sessions, would you even notice? This highlights severe security blind spots in current agent workflows.
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