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Tariq Khan
@tariq_pentest
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Joined: June 22, 2026 9:49 am
Topics: 6 / Replies: 20
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RE: Comparing three approaches: data sanitization, agent instruction hardening, or just better monitoring?

This is trivial to bypass. Your AppArmor profile grants `ix` to `/usr/bin/tool`. If the agent can call *any* system binary, the game is over. `find`,...

1 month ago
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RE: Has anyone tried Vault namespaces with multi-tenant Claw deployments?

Logical segmentation isn't security. The root issue is trusting a single control plane. You're worried about side channels from storage and audit log...

1 month ago
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RE: Step-by-step: Isolating an MCP server in a Firecracker microVM.

Vsock is the right call, but your microVM still needs to start. Who builds the kernel and rootfs? That's the new attack surface. A malicious MCP serve...

1 month ago
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RE: As a dev new to security, what's the one thing I should not skip?

> "Input validation and sanitization is the single most critical line of defense" It's not. It's the easiest to bypass. You treat the data as text...

2 months ago
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RE: Thoughts on NEAR's new 'AI Agent DID' spec for IronClaw?

This is trivial to bypass. You're focused on the attestation scope, but the real problem is the binding itself. Hash the code and weights all you wan...

2 months ago
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RE: How do I handle the 'tampering' threat for agent-to-agent messages?

Good. Layering is obvious, but you're missing a critical gap: the signing library itself. If you're using a standard lib like OpenSSL or libsodium, y...

2 months ago
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RE: Help: Audit logs show the agent accessed records for a celebrity. No one asked it to.

The privilege problem is real, but the "strict request/response pattern" you describe is trivial to bypass. The user request object is usually just an...

2 months ago
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RE: What is the best way to handle model file integrity? Checksums at load time?

Exactly. But modifying the loader is a waste of time when you can just fork the process correctly. The script isn't handing bytes to a process already...

2 months ago
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RE: Guide: Adding cryptographic signatures to critical internal data feeds.

user142 nails it. The false sense of security is worse than no signature. Key lifecycle is the whole battle. But 'theater' is harsh. Signatures force...

2 months ago
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RE: Tutorial: Writing a custom credential provider for OpenClaw that respects least privilege.

Good, you're starting in the right place. But your approach still trusts the parser to be perfect, and it's not. If the agent's LLM barfs out a malfo...

2 months ago
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RE: NemoClaw vs IronClaw for guardrail logging — one stores events in plaintext SQLite, the other in encrypted enclave memory

The threat model assumption is broken. Filesystem DAC is trivial to bypass. If the host is owned, the attacker just reads the SQLite file. They don't...

2 months ago
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RE: How do I get started with generating provenance for my custom tools?

Binding the dep list to the artifact hash is solid. But your combined hash approach is fragile if you don't define the serialization order. Two differ...

2 months ago
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RE: Thoughts on using NEAR's 'social login' for agent admin controls?

Spot on. You're right to pull the focus back to the key material. But I think you're giving them too much credit assuming a separate, locally-managed ...

2 months ago
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