Along The Edge Podcast: Breaking, Defending, and Understanding Agentic AI

What happens when a developer can rebuild your $500/month software in a day?In this episode, Andrius breaks down the growing threat vibe coding poses to the SaaS industry — and why some software is more vulnerable than you think. He's joined by ZioSec front-end developer Nolan Braman, who did exactly that — ripping out a knowledge base platform charging $500/month and replacing it with a vibe coded solution in about a day.But not all SaaS is equally at risk. Andrius and Nolan dig into what gives certain platforms a deeper moat — things like heavy infrastructure, complex integrations, and operational overhead that make them far harder to replicate with a weekend project. Think Intercom vs. a simple dashboard tool. One is a vibe coding target. The other? Not so much.If you're building SaaS, buying SaaS, or thinking about vibe coding your way out of a subscription — this one's for you.

Along the Edge — Episode 3How do you break an AI agent? Javi Rivera — AI security researcher at ZioSec with 8+ years of offensive security experience from MITRE to ThreatX — breaks down the real-world techniques attackers use against agentic AI systems.In this episode, we cover:• Jailbreaks vs. prompt injections — what's the actual difference and why it matters• Why classic attacks still work — SQL injection, command injection, and XSS through AI agents as a "middleman"• System prompt extraction — how attackers use leaked instructions to craft targeted exploits• MCP server security — why public MCP catalogs are the new supply chain risk and why there's no good solution yet• Validating real findings vs. hallucinations — the hardest problem in AI pentesting• Live demo — Gray Swan arena walkthrough showing indirect prompt injection in action• Defense strategies — least privilege, sandboxing, guardrails, and why defense in depth still applies• The coming threat — nation-state AI agents, automated offensive tooling, and why the next wave of attacks will be unprecedentedWhether you're a red teamer, AI developer, or security leader deploying agentic AI — this is the technical deep dive you need. Resources mentioned: Gray Swan AI Arena, HackerPrompt, NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails, Docker MCP Hub

Welcome to Along The Edge, a podcast about AI security and agentic AI.In Episode 1, Andrius Useckas (Co-founder & CTO, ZioSec) sits down with Alex Gatz (Staff Security Architect, ZioSec) to break down the emerging world of agentic AI security: jailbreaks, prompt injection, SDR and SOC agents, data leaks, least privilege, and why “don’t worry, the model will filter it” is a dangerous assumption.They also walk through V-HACK, an intentionally vulnerable agentic lab project that lets security researchers and pentesters safely experiment with agent exploits, tool calling, jailbreaks, and attack paths—helping define what “pen tester 2.0” looks like.Chapters / In this episode:00:00 – Intro: who we are & why a new AI security podcast02:00 – What is agentic AI vs a plain LLM?03:10 – SDR agents, SOC workflows & new “Layer 8 / Layer 9” problems09:00 – Prompt injection 101: direct vs indirect attacks & context windows12:00 – Chatbots vs agents and why agent risk is higher15:00 – Foundation model trust & the Anthropic horror-story jailbreak demo19:30 – Why jailbreaks are (currently) an unsolved problem22:30 – Social engineering parallels & detecting AI / agentic attacks27:00 – V-HACK: intentionally vulnerable agent lab for pentesters32:00 – Securing agents: WAFs, runtime protection, identity & MCP proxies36:00 – Scanners, evals vs real pentesting & terrifying token bills39:00 – Least privilege, DLP & identity for SDR and payroll-style agents44:00 – “Don’t trust, verify”: threat modeling & testing agents early46:00 – Future of AI security: consolidation, CNAPs & SOC-as-an-agent49:00 – Magic wand: fixing context & memory in agents50:30 – Closing thoughts & what’s nextLinks mentioned:ZioSec – www.ziosec.comV-HACK (GitHub) – https://github.com/ZioSec/VHACKAbout the guests:Andrius Useckas has 25+ years in security and now focuses on agentic AI security, offensive testing, and red teaming for enterprise AI deployments.Alex Gatz is a Staff Security Architect at ZioSec. He has a background in emergency medicine and construction, then transitioned into AI in 2014 working on NLP, deep learning, anomaly detection, and now AI security.If you’re building or testing agents in 2026, this episode gives you a practical look at how real attack paths work, what breaks in production, and how to defend before attackers get there first.