Human Attack Surfaces in Agentic Web: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI Apocalypse
AI agent usage is accelerating us into an era of the Agentic Web, a digital landscape where machines, not humans, dominate creation, interaction, and consumption. As we inch closer to this new reality, we must ask: What are the security risks of an internet not built or experienced by, humans? LLMs have already begun to radically reshape the way we consume online information and will completely redefine how we live our online lives. From buying goods and services to searching for jobs, homes, and even relationships, agents will increasingly perform these tasks on our behalf. But convenience comes at a cost. In the coming world of bot-vs-bot warfare, scammers will unleash agents to exploit the agents of unsuspecting humans. This isn’t some distant dystopia, it’s happening right now, and it’s already creating an endless array of new vulnerabilities. We will glimpse the near future of cognitive security, where an unrelenting cascade of attack surfaces will emerge. We’ll delve into the mechanics of AI agents and the economic pressures driving their rapid adoption, explore real-world examples of how agents are already being exploited, and conclude with a look ahead at near future scenarios.