Hacking and Hardening AI Agents with MCP Scanner

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Overview

AgentsNexus 2026 workshop guide for Hacking and Hardening AI Agents: Hands-On Security Scanning for the Tool Ecosystem. Use Cisco AI Defense MCP Scanner to inspect MCP tools/list snapshots, author custom YARA rules, scan a local FastMCP HTTP server, run LM Studio or Amazon Bedrock semantic analysis, discover MCP client configs, assess authorized remote endpoints, scan prompts and resources, and compare source behavior with declared tool intent.

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