Beginning Message Context Protocol (MCP): Attacking and Defending MCP

As mentioned earlier, the goal of MCP is to streamline AI integration by using one protocol to reach any tool **Protocol level abuse** - MCP Naming confusion (name spoofing) Threat actor registers a MCP server with a name almost identical to the legitimate one. When the AI assistant performs a name-based resolution, rather than resolving the legit name, it resolves the malicious name, possibly…