The Agentic Kill Chain: Defending Against Self-Evolving AI Phishing Attacks in 2026
EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF: On May 7, 2026, the cybersecurity paradigm has shifted from “Fraud-at-Scale” to “Fraud-with-Agency.” The emergence of the Agentic Kill Chain represents a fundamental pivot where autonomous AI agents no longer just generate phishing content but independently plan, reason, and execute multi-step social engineering campaigns. By weaponizing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and…



