Closed briefing sets stage for House hearing on Anthropic’s Mythos and cyber risks
The committee held a closed briefing Wednesday with company reps, and more oversight is in the works.
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The guidance, co-authored by the National Security Agency, focuses on agentic AI. (Getty Images) AI US government, allies publish guidance on how to safely deploy AI agents
The guidance warns that agents capable of taking real-world actions on networks are already inside critical infrastructure, and most organizations are granting them far more access than they can safely monitor or control.
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Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Kash Patel is seen in the Capitol near a meeting on the administration’s use of FISA authority on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kent/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Government The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain
Congress overhauled Section 702 in 2024 with 56 changes. Now, as the law nears expiration, supporters and critics can’t even agree on what the numbers show.
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Anthropic’s Project Glasswing website is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on April 12, 2026. Governments and financial institutions are reviewing potential cybersecurity risks from the company’s advanced AI model, which has identified thousands of software vulnerabilities but is restricted over misuse concerns. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) AI Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos
Two reports from former high-level U.S. cyber officials and the UK government’s top AI research institution reveal how top defenders think about the tool’s hacking capabilities.
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Miguel Escamilla Jr., mannufacturing manager of ShayoNano, demonstrates the operation of programmable logic controller at the company’s production plant July 25, 2017, in Stafford. The Singapore-based company chose Stafford to be their U.S. headquarters. (Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Threats Iranian hackers launching disruptive attacks at U.S. energy, water targets, feds warn
Iranian government hackers are launching disruptive cyberattacks on American energy and water infrastructure, U.S. government agencies “urgently” warned Tuesday. The hackers are taking aim at devices and systems that control industrial processes, and have harmed victims in the last month following the onset of U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, according to the joint alert from the […]
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(Getty Images) Technology 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 aren’t prepared for what’s coming.
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Ted Schlein (left), chairman and founding general partner at Ballistic Ventures, talks with former NSA directors (left-right) Gen. Keith Alexander, Gen. Mike Rogers, Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Gen. Tim Haugh at the RSAC 2026 Conference in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo Courtesy of RSAC Conference) Threats Former NSA chiefs worry American offensive edge in cybersecurity is slipping
A systemic numbness to cyberattacks has exposed the U.S. economy and its institutions to ever-widening threats. Retired four-star military officials worry the worst day in cyber is yet to come.
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Acting CISA Director Nick Andersen speaks at an Auburn University event on March 17 in Washington, D.C. (Tim Starks/Scoop News Group) Policy CISA official advises agencies not to get too hung up on who takes lead in critical infrastructure sectors
Acting director Nick Andersen said relationships, not actor risk management agency designations, should guide which agency is at the forefront.
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(Getty Images) Cybersecurity Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we need to shut down the business model
The executive order finally calls cyber-enabled fraud what it is: transnational organized crime. Now the U.S. has to act like it—and the private sector has to stop settling for defense-only while the criminal infrastructure stays intact.
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A Stryker logo on a healthcare lamp. (Getty Images) Threats Stryker attack highlights nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity amid joint U.S.-Israel conflict
It’s been difficult early on to separate signal from noise, even if the attack on the medical device maker looks like a qualified success for the attackers.