Itay Yashar
Itay is a Security Researcher at Varonis and a former red teamer with five years of hands-on experience in Active Directory, cloud security, and evasion techniques. He conducts deep technical research into modern technologies and attack techniques to uncover novel vulnerabilities.
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AI Security Threat ResearchJun 09, 2026
Phishing for Lobsters: How We Tricked OpenClaw into Spilling Secrets
We built an AI agent and put it through four phishing simulations to reveal critical security gaps and offer solutions to protect your organization's data.
Itay Yashar
6 min read
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AI Security Threat ResearchApr 13, 2026
Deep Dive into Architectural Vulnerabilities in Agentic LLM Browsers
Varonis Threat Labs investigated Comet, OpenAI Atlas, Edge Copilot, and Brave Leo to understand how LLM browsers work and where attackers can break them.
Itay Yashar
14 min read
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