The Agentic Virus: How AI Agents Become Self-Spreading Malware
Security Boulevard, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
In my previous post, I walked through how disconnected MCP servers and AI agents create a growing blind spot in enterprise identity. The problem: thousands of MCP deployments running with overly broad tokens, no authentication, and no connection to your identity fabric.
The solution: federate everything through the Maverics AI Identity Gateway.
That post assumed a well-intentioned developer making poor security choices. This post assumes something worse.
What happens when the agent itself is the threat?