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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Court Backs Pentagon Anthropic Ban - But the Fight Continues

Chris Riotta  •  April 9, 2026

A federal appeals court allowed the Pentagon to enforce its "supply-chain risk" designation against Anthropic, keeping its AI models barred from defense contracts while parallel litigation continues to challenge the policy’s legality and constitutional limits.

Mythos and Like AI Tools Raise Stakes for Healthcare Cyber

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee  •  April 9, 2026

Emerging powerful AI tools - such as Anthropic's new Claude Mythos - that are capable of autonomously identifying and exploiting software bugs in a flash could reshape the healthcare cyber landscape by accelerating attacks and raising the risk of widespread operational disruption, experts said.

Cybercrime

Breach Roundup: German Police Expose REvil, GandCrab Boss

Pooja Tikekar  •  April 9, 2026

This week, German police unmasked a REvil leader, a critical Docker flaw, Medusa ransomware surged, DPRK hackers abused GitHub, Grafana AI bugs enabled data theft, scams hit $20B in the United States, Ivanti exploited and attacks hit Northern Ireland schools and a German political party.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Designing Fraud Detection at AI Speed Without Friction

Jennifer Lawinski  •  April 9, 2026

AI is accelerating fraud at unprecedented speeds, forcing organizations to rethink how they protect users without adding friction. Intuit's Tony Gauda explains how modern fraud systems must be invisible, intelligent and built around identity to keep up with rapidly evolving threats.

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Agentic AI

Who Controls AI on Battlefields - the Military or the Model?

Jennifer Lawinski  •  April 9, 2026

As AI is increasingly used in defense operations, a critical question emerges: Who controls the system - the military or the model? Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers explores challenges related to ethics and reliability, vendor risk, and autonomy as AI tools become key combatants in modern warfare.

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Cryptohack Roundup: Bithumb's Recovery Plan

Rashmi Ramesh  •  April 9, 2026

Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, Bithumb's recovery plan, Circle criticized, a new Cambodian law to combat online scam networks, Bitcoin Depot hack, panic after Stabble's alleged North Korea link and HypurrFi's domain hijack.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Zero Days for the Masses: Mythos Presages Exploit Tsunami

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  April 9, 2026

Anthropic's announcement that its Mythos Preview large language model can find serious zero-day flaws across all manner of code bases old and new, and quickly chain vulnerabilities together to build working exploits, promises to democratize access to such capabilities.

Bug Management in the Mythos Era: 'Assume You're Unpatched'

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  April 9, 2026

Thanks to Anthropic's Mythos presaging a world in which zero-day exploits are common, one cybersecurity expert says the new mantra is this: "assume you are unpatched." Vendors and customers must focus more than ever on strong monitoring, behavior-based controls and virtual patching.

France Limits Chinese-Made Solar Energy Components

David Meyer  •  April 8, 2026

France is saying "non" to Chinese photovoltaic components through a mix of protectionism and cybersecurity requirements as it readies a government-backed program of new solar energy projects. Chinese cybersecurity laws require firms to share key information and generally cooperate with Beijing.

Agentic AI

OT Cybersec Sector Frets Anthropic Will Leave It Behind

Shaun Waterman  •  April 8, 2026

There's growing concern in the operational technology cybersecurity community that manufacturers and operators, and their security vendors, will be left out in the cold by the latest efforts to use artificial intelligence in securing critical software.

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Agentic AI

ISMG Editors: Anthropic Bug Finder Sparks Zero-Day Dread

Anna Delaney  •  April 8, 2026

In this week's ISMG panel, four ISMG editors discussed big shifts in cybersecurity: Anthropic's "dangerous" new AI model that can uncover thousands of zero-days, growing concerns about a surge in AI-driven flaws, and the FBI disrupting a Russian espionage campaign targeting everyday routers.

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Critical Infrastructure Security

The Expanding Role of Cyberattacks in Modern Conflicts

Suparna Goswami  •  April 8, 2026

Cyber operations now support military strategy rather than just acting alone. Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies warns that as militaries integrate cyber and kinetic action, private sector enterprises are facing greater exposure to geopolitical threats.