MCP Security: The Exploit Playbook (And How to Stop Them)

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MCP Security: The Exploit Playbook (And How to Stop Them)

Hosted by Jason Liu and Vitor Balocco

Tue, Sep 30, 2025

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What you'll learn

Identify MCP Attack Vectors

Recognize tool poisoning, rug-pulls, conversation theft, and cross-server shadowing attack patterns.

Implement MCP Security Defenses

Apply practical security patterns and validation techniques to protect your MCP servers from common vulnerabilities.

Assess MCP Risk & Response

Use security checklists to evaluate MCP implementations and develop incident response strategies for attacks.

Why this topic matters

With 90% of MCP servers exploitable and enterprises adopting AI agents faster than security teams can assess risks, MCP vulnerabilities threaten entire AI ecosystems. This knowledge positions you as essential security talent in the AI-first economy, enabling you to protect multi-million dollar AI investments and advance into specialized AI security roles.

You'll learn from

Jason Liu

Consultant at the intersection of Information Retrieval and AI

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Vitor Balocco

Co-Founder, Anysource

Vitor is the co-founder of Anysource, currently busy making AI safe for Enterprise. Previously he was a Staff AI Engineer at Zapier, where he was the technical lead for Zapier Agents.

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