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On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing
The cybersecurity industry is obsessing over Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos Preview, and its effects on cybersecurity. Anthropic said that…
APT28 in 2026: Weaponizing Routers and Deploying PRISMEX Across Global Targets
The Russian state-linked threat actor APT28 (also known as Forest Blizzard and Pawn Storm) has intensified its cyber operations through…
AI Chatbots and Trust
All the leading AI chatbots are sycophantic, and that’s a problem: Participants rated sycophantic AI responses as more trustworthy than…
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
Regulation is hard: The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) oversees fishing across roughly 59 million square kilometers (22…
Sen. Sanders Talks to Claude About AI and Privacy
Claude is actually pretty good on the issues.
On Microsoft’s Lousy Cloud Security
ProPublica has a scoop: In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s…
VMC Certificate for E-Commerce: Reducing Cart Abandonment Through Inbox Trust
E-commerce brands lose billions every year to cart abandonment, but not all of that loss happens at checkout. A significant…
Python Supply-Chain Compromise
This is news: A malicious supply chain compromise has been identified in the Python Package Index package litellm version 1.82.8.…
Cybersecurity in the Age of Instant Software
AI is rapidly changing how software is written, deployed, and used. Trends point to a future where AIs can write…