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Banks Are Running Out of Time to Build. Here’s Ready, in 60 Seconds.

Banks Are Running Out of Time to Build. Here’s Ready, in 60 Seconds.

Major US banks are finding unauthorised AI agents inside customer accounts. Blocking buys time; a pilot-ready front door for agents is available now.

TWTim WilliamsOct 23, 20265 min read
The Barbarians Are Already Inside The Gates

The Barbarians Are Already Inside The Gates

Banks and exchanges are already serving AI agents they cannot see inside authenticated sessions. The first regulator complaint will ask why.

TWTim WilliamsOct 7, 202618 min read
Know Your Agent: the only definition that matters is the regulators’

Know Your Agent: the only definition that matters is the regulators’

Three regulators in nine days set out what Know Your Agent has to do. How KYA maps onto the KYC, CDD and Travel Rule obligations banks already carry.

TWTim WilliamsMay 26, 202611 min read
The Protocol Map, Redrawn

The Protocol Map, Redrawn

Ten standards in ten months, OpenAI's pivot, and a Google DeepMind paper on agent traps. Where identity verification sits in the agentic commerce stack.

TWTim WilliamsApr 8, 202613 min read

AstraSync is now live with ERC-8004 on SKALE

AstraSync's ERC-8004 wrapper launch deepend our partnership with Skale, as together we bring enterprise grade trust to 8004 agents.

Ttim.williamsMar 25, 20264 min read
The Week Agentic Commerce Hit Reality

The Week Agentic Commerce Hit Reality

OpenAI killed Instant Checkout the week Mastercard and Google published Verifiable Intent. What both tell merchants and PSPs about where the stack stands.

TWTim WilliamsMar 12, 202621 min read
The Sandbox Is Not the Boundary You Think It Is

The Sandbox Is Not the Boundary You Think It Is

Two independent papers show AI agents tunnelling out of sandboxes and multi-agent frameworks executing arbitrary code. What enterprise security needs to cover.

TWTim WilliamsMar 8, 20268 min read
An AI Agent Just Talked Its Way Into Your Software Supply Chain. Nobody Noticed.

An AI Agent Just Talked Its Way Into Your Software Supply Chain. Nobody Noticed.

An autonomous agent opened 103 pull requests across 95 repositories and nobody noticed. Why reputation farming exposes the identity gap in agentic AI.

TWTim WilliamsMar 2, 202611 min read
From Prediction to Pattern: Google's AI Threat Tracker Validates the Case for Agent Trust Infrastructure

From Prediction to Pattern: Google's AI Threat Tracker Validates the Case for Agent Trust Infrastructure

Google's Threat Intelligence Group confirmed what the GTG-1002 incident foreshadowed. The new threat vectors and what they mean for agent trust infrastructure.

TWTim WilliamsFeb 14, 20269 min read
The Authenticated Session Problem: Why Auto Browse Changes the Threat Model for Everyone

The Authenticated Session Problem: Why Auto Browse Changes the Threat Model for Everyone

Gemini Auto Browse lets an agent drive an authenticated browser session. Why that breaks the security model banks and retailers rely on, and what comes next.

TWTim WilliamsFeb 4, 202610 min read
What BodySnatcher Teaches Us About the Agent Identity Gap

What BodySnatcher Teaches Us About the Agent Identity Gap

CVE-2025-12420 let an attacker impersonate any ServiceNow user and run AI agents with their privileges. What the agent identity gap looks like when exploited.

TWTim WilliamsJan 19, 20268 min read
The Agentic Commerce Paradox: Why Merchants Should Adopt UCP — On Their Terms

The Agentic Commerce Paradox: Why Merchants Should Adopt UCP — On Their Terms

UCP solves real interoperability problems for agentic commerce. Merchants should adopt it, and demand data parity and agent verification as the terms.

TWTim WilliamsJan 13, 20268 min read
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