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When agents become the new attack surface

Original title, in French: “Quand les agents deviennent la nouvelle surface d’attaque”

Publication
Alliancy (France)
Author
Aude Brès
Published on
23 September 2026 · read in the page structured data

Summary

Cybersecurity specialists Olivier Daloy (CISO of Zscaler France) and ethical hacker SaxX describe the risks posed by AI agents connected to company information systems via RAG. They discuss "ghost jacking", a technique for concealing malicious instructions, and the growing difficulty of attributing cyberattacks. According to SaxX, operational teams lack budget and support from management, and large companies take several months to deploy security measures. Micro-businesses and SMEs, often subcontractors, are also entry points into larger systems. Despite these risks, both experts consider the adoption of agentic AI inevitable and essential, comparable to the arrival of email.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

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Classification

Country
France
Company size
All sizes
Industries
Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · All industries, or industry not specified
Companies
Zscaler France (cited)
Keywords
AI agents, cybersecurity, information systems security, ghost jacking, agentic AI, SMEs and cybersecurity

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Alliancy and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.