# Your AI Agent Installed Malware Because a SKILL.md Told It To | Talk by Liran Tal

AI & agentic security talk by Liran Tal, delivered 4 times (2026). Recording available.

Canonical: https://lirantal.com/speaking/talks/your-ai-agent-installed-malware-because-a-skill-md-told-it-to

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# Your AI Agent Installed Malware Because a SKILL.md Told It To

[Play](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oJGX8GYLWxg)

Recorded at [AI Native Dev 2026](/speaking/events/2026-06-01-ai-native-dev-2026) , Jun 2026

## The topic

How LLMs, coding agents and MCP servers get tricked into shipping vulnerable code or running malware, and the guardrails that stop them.

## Where it's been given, and where it's next

1.  [Oct 2026

    ### AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026

    🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States

    Conference

    ](/speaking/events/2026-10-23-agntcon-mcpcon-north-america-2026)
2.  [Sep 2026

    ### AGNTCon Preday Meetup

    🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Meetup

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

    ### Breaking the Myth(os)

    🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel

    Meetup

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

    ### AI Native Dev 2026

    🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

    Conference Recording available

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

4 delivered.

## From the stage

*    [![Photo from AGNTCon Preday Meetup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-09-16-1.jpg) AGNTCon Preday Meetup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-09-16-1.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AGNTCon Preday Meetup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-09-16-2.jpg) AGNTCon Preday Meetup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-09-16-2.jpg)
*    [![Photo from Breaking the Myth(os)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-29-1.jpg) Breaking the Myth(os)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-29-1.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-2.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-2.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-3.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-3.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-4.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-4.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-1.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-1.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-7.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-7.jpg)
*    [![Photo from AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-6.jpg) AI Native Dev 2026](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lirantal/public-speaking/main/images/2026/2026-06-01-6.jpg)

## Book this talk

Delivered

4 times

Given

2026

Formats

Conference, Meetup

Languages

English, Hebrew

Countries

🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇮🇱 🇬🇧

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## Slides

*   [AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026](https://lirantal.github.io/slides-toxicskills-agent-skills-malware/)

Booking 2027

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