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Anthropic announced the release of two new Mythos-class artificial intelligence models designed for cybersecurity and biomedical research, targeting both consumers and businesses. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Cybersecurity experts don’t think Anthropic’s Fable 5 presents a unique threat

Dozens of practitioners said the decision to place export controls on the foreign use of Fable are misguided, and recent jailbreak reports don’t show the model providing…

By Derek B. Johnson

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 16, 2022, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused $1.9B in losses

Cybercrime

By Matt Kapko

(Getty Images) Fable 5 and Mythos 5, developed by Anthropic, were unveiled Tuesday. (Getty Images)

Anthropic disables new models after government calls them a national security concern

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By Greg Otto

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Inside the race to adapt to an AI-powered security world

AI is breaking things faster than anyone can fix them. Security leaders across the industry are racing to figure out what comes next.

By Greg Otto

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Security leaders say the next two years are going to be ‘insane’

Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations…

By Greg Otto

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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it's unprepared for a potential crisis.

By Tim Starks

AI-powered health apps are flooding the market. But their data security policy is more of a pinky promise than a legal mandate. (Source: Getty Images)

Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

AI apps are making their way into healthcare. It’s not clear that rigorous data security or privacy practices will be part of the package.

By Derek B. Johnson

Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt

By Tim Starks

A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

By Derek B. Johnson

‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots

By Tim Starks

Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

By Matt Kapko

Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea

By Tim Starks Mark Pomerleau

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Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

By Fernanda Sottil

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Why cyber modernization requires partners with technical plus acquisition expertise

By Katie Baxter

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Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

By Daniel Wilbricht

Agencies push for digital transformation amid security challenges

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Videos

T-Mobile’s Eric Jensen on the challenge of securing vast supply chains

By CyberScoop Staff

Datadog’s Emilio Escobar on compliance-first AI

By Scoop News Group

Cohesity’s Marlin McFate on risks tied to growing cloud dependence

By Scoop News Group

ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

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Podcasts

Why the autonomous SOC is the wrong goal

By CyberScoop Staff

The last layer standing

By CyberScoop Staff

From two weeks to three days: The KEV deadline debate

By CyberScoop Staff

Can specialized security survive Daybreak and Mythos?

By CyberScoop Staff

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Russian national charged in connection with Void Blizzard espionage campaign

The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI: ‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

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Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 206 vulnerabilities

In this photo illustration, the Anthropic logo is seen on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Anthropic’s new model is Mythos on a leash

Nick Andersen, CISA acting director, at the Axonius Adapt In Action 2026 event. (Tim Starks, CyberScoop)

CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector

The Cisco Systems logo is displayed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 25, 2019. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

Cisco customers encounter another SD-WAN zero-day under attack

This illustration photograph taken on November 27, 2024, shows the logo of US instant messaging software Whatsapp displayed on a smartphone’s screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint

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The AI security race needs accountability, not overregulation

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Nightmare Eclipse incident shows the researcher-vendor fights may never fully go away

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Hill Dems hammer GOP for $250M CISA budget cut

New research from DTEX details how the increasing integration of AI agents into businesses is making it easier than ever for insiders – malicious or otherwise – to put sensitive data at risk. (Image Source: Getty)

Your AI agent could become your biggest insider threat

Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

European authorities crack down on illegal streaming networks

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