# AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026: Your AI Agent Installed Malware Because a SKILL.md Told It To | Liran Tal speaking

Conference on Friday, October 23, 2026 in San Jose, California, United States: "Your AI Agent Installed Malware Because a SKILL.md Told It To".

Canonical: https://lirantal.com/speaking/events/2026-10-23-agntcon-mcpcon-north-america-2026

[Schedule](/speaking/events) · Conference · 2026

# AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026

Friday, October 23, 2026 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States [Event site (opens in a new tab)](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/agntcon-mcpcon-north-america/)

## My session at this event

Conference

### [Your AI Agent Installed Malware Because a SKILL.md Told It To](/speaking/talks/your-ai-agent-installed-malware-because-a-skill-md-told-it-to)

AI & agentic security · One of 4 deliveries of this talk · [About the talk](/speaking/talks/your-ai-agent-installed-malware-because-a-skill-md-told-it-to)

## Recording & resources

[Slides](https://lirantal.github.io/slides-toxicskills-agent-skills-malware/)

## Also given at

1.  [Sep 2026

    ### AGNTCon Preday Meetup

    🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Meetup

    ](/speaking/events/2026-09-16-agntcon-preday-meetup)
2.  [Jun 2026

    ### Breaking the Myth(os)

    🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel

    Meetup

    ](/speaking/events/2026-06-29-breaking-the-myth-os)
3.  [Jun 2026

    ### AI Native Dev 2026

    🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

    Conference Recording available

    ](/speaking/events/2026-06-01-ai-native-dev-2026)

Format

Conference

Date

Friday, October 23, 2026

Where

🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States

Language

English

Booking 2027

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