Imagine installing a seemingly benign math tool on your AI assistant that simply adds two numbers. Unbeknownst to you, the tool’s description itself contains hidden directives intended for the AI model. These malicious instructions are invisible or inconspicuous to the user,…
Acuvity Launches Open Source Secure MCP Server Protection to Enable Safe, Scalable Gen AI Integration
Acuvity’s open source release helps developers adopt the Model Context Protocol with built-in security, deployment tooling, and protocol-level safeguards.
Cross-Server Tool Shadowing: Hijacking Calls Between Servers
Context MCP allows an AI agent to connect to multiple tool servers simultaneously. This flexibility can be dangerous: if one of those servers is malicious, it can shadow the tools of another server. In simple terms, a rogue server can interfere with or…
Rug Pulls (Silent Redefinition): When Tools Turn Malicious Over Time
Context Imagine that the AI assistant’s tool was actually safe at first – perhaps you used it for days without issue. Then, one day, it suddenly starts behaving maliciously, even though you never installed a new tool. This is the “rug pull”…
Secrets in the Wind: Environment Variables, URLs, and the Leaky Abstractions
Context In the evolving landscape of MCP servers and AI agents, a new category of risk is emerging: sensitive data exposure through dynamic access mechanisms. We’re talking about secrets not statically written to disk, but fetched on demand — via environment variables, command-line outputs,…
Acuvity Launches RYNO: The Industry’s First Context-Aware Gen AI Security Platform to Protect the AI-Driven Enterprise
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Acuvity, a leading runtime generative AI security platform company, today announced the launch of RYNO, the first Gen AI security platform purpose-built to deliver context-aware protection and adaptive risk management across users, applications, and AI-powered agents. As organizations rapidly embed generative AI…
Deploy a Simple Chatbot Application Using Secure MCP Servers
Context You’ve built an agentic application that leverages MCP servers to give your agent advanced capabilities… and now it’s time to ship it to production! Securing the communication between your agent and the MCP servers—even within your own cluster—is essential. MCP’s…
Acuvity Secures Two Global InfoSec Awards for Generative AI Security at RSAC 2025
Multi-category win highlights Acuvity’s comprehensive approach to securing the Gen AI era Sunnyvale, California – April 28, 2025 – Acuvity, the comprehensive AI security platform purpose-built for the Gen AI era, today announced that the company has been named a winner in two…
Building Acuvity: A Better Path Forward With AI
At Acuvity, we believe that AI is here to stay. Its immediate benefits are undeniable, and the excitement it generates can easily overshadow the need for caution. But as AI continues to embed itself in the fabric of enterprise operations, the…
Seeing the Unseen: How Acuvity’s Visualization Transforms AI Security
“If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it.” – Peter Drucker If an AI security threat isn’t visible, does that mean it’s nothing to worry about? It’s like a riptide lurking silently below the surface of seemingly calm waters, capable of…