AI threats in the wild: The current state of prompt injections on the web

2026-06-23T01:23:39Z0a881b759fe4a5d093d451812a52931f0d49c8259148c8679e9018a466c58205
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What happened

Google Security Blog (Apr 2026) published multiple security updates: a Threat Intelligence sweep on Indirect Prompt Injection (IPI) on the public web and analysis of real-world abuse and mitigations; an overview of Google Workspace’s continuous defenses against IPI; rollout details for Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) in Chrome to prevent cookie-based session theft; Pixel team work integrating a Rust-based DNS parser into the modem/baseband firmware to reduce memory-safety vulnerabilities; Android plans to begin Post‑Quantum Cryptography (PQC) enhancements in the Android 17 beta and a Q

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2026-06-23T01:23:39Z
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