AI Agents Behaving Badly: Four Security Rules For The Agentic AI Age

AI agents now generate the majority of web traffic and are increasingly used in enterprise tasks, but their dynamic and autonomous nature challenges traditional security systems. The 2026 JadePuffer ransomware attack demonstrated how malicious AI agents can exploit vulnerabilities rapidly and adaptively, prompting the need for new security rules to verify agent identity, control data access, monitor behavior, and manage permissions.