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Google's threat intelligence team has published findings that should give every security professional pause. AI agents, operating autonomously, were able to harvest user credentials in under six hours during tested attack scenarios. That's not a theoretical risk anymore — it's a documented capability, and the clock is ticking faster than most defenses are built to handle.
Across the Atlantic, the UK government is moving toward legislation that would compel Apple and Google to block explicit images involving children directly at the device level. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is backing the push, and while the intent is clear, the technical and civil liberties questions around on-device content scanning are anything but settled.
Meanwhile, a BBC investigation has found that Meta continues to serve ads in India that promote child sexual abuse material. Despite years of pressure and repeated pledges to clean up its platforms, the world's largest social network is still failing one of the most fundamental tests of responsible technology. It's a story about accountability — and the persistent gap between corporate promises and actual outcomes.
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