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Optimizing Value and Utility Hinges on AI Scaffolding, Says Aisle's Ondrej Vlcek
While the world is in "awe" of how Mythos can find vulnerabilities and chain together exploits, the next step is to identify how to build the best cybersecurity pipelines and scaffolding to get maximum value from all AI models used inside an organization, said Aisle CEO Ondrej Vlcek.

Also: NY State Regs Test Resilience vs Compliance, OT Security Nears Breaking Point
In this week's panel, four ISMG editors explore the industry's response to Anthropic's Mythos AI breakthrough, whether tighter New York state cybersecurity rules are driving real resilience or simply compliance, and why operational technology security is fast becoming a critical frontline concern.

Point Predictive's Frank McKenna on Detecting Hidden Signals in Synthetic IDs
Fraud detection is moving beyond verification toward identity intelligence. Frank McKenna, co-founder and chief fraud strategist at Point Predictive says synthetic identities leave subtle signals such as thin profiles and behavioral traits that demand deeper analysis from fraud investigators.

The European Union Is Cutting Ties With US Tech Companies
The European Commission made a significant move towards "digital sovereignty" by awarding a 180 million euro - approximately $213 million - cloud contract to a quartet of European providers. The deal will allow the commission and the EU Parliament and council to procure sovereign cloud services.

How We Respond Will Determine the Future Of Cybersecurity and the Digital World
The introduction of Anthropic's Mythos model signals a shift in the cybersecurity industry - one not yet fully understood, which prompted Project Glasswing: a coordinated group of ecosystem partners who have been given early access to this capability to define impending future threats before they hit.

Stryker Has Said It Doesn't Carry Cyber insurance
Stryker notified regulators that its March cyberattack will impact the medtech maker's first quarter financial results. The company also does not appear to have a cyber insurance policy in place to help cover costs associated with the disruptive incident claimed by Iranian hackers.

Equifax CTO Jamil Farshchi on Cybersecurity's Response to Flood of Vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity organizations must adapt to machine-speed threats in the age of Anthropic's Claude Mythos, a new AI model that can uncover vulnerabilities and lead to a flood of repaid exploits. Equifax CTO Jamil Farshchi says security programs must be built for scale, automation and quick response.

Bank of America, Citi and Goldman Anchor Partner Cohort for OpenAI's GPT-5.4-Cyber
OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program prioritizes financial institutions to drive adoption of GPT-5.4-Cyber in regulated environments, highlighting a split with Anthropic’s developer-centric, tech-heavy partnerships and raising questions about partnership value and data-sharing models.

Also, Eurail Breach, ChipSoft Hospital Disruptions, W3LL Phishing Takedown
This week, a "Raccoon"-linked actor hit help desks, Eurail exposed 308K users, Fortinet patched critical flaws, Pushpaganda scams, major data leaks hit healthcare and China, ransomware and phishing ops surged, and multiple breaches impacted firms and hospitals.

Playbook Aims to Help Healthcare, Public Sector Manage AI Vendor Security Gaps
The Health Sector Coordinating Council released guidance to help the healthcare and public health sector better manage the explosion of third-party AI vendor cyber risk concerns they face, especially as the technology is embedded in all sorts of products.

Critics Call Foreign-Made Router Ban 'Industrial Policy Disguised As Cybersecurity'
Netgear obtained a temporary waiver from the Federal Communications Commission allowing it to continue importing consumer routers through most of 2027, making the networking hardware giant the first consumer brand to circumvent a ban on foreign-made hardware.

Felicis-Led Series A Backs Telemetry Correlation Across Cloud, Identity, Endpoints
Artemis, a New York startup led by former Amazon GuardDuty product leader Shachar Hirshberg, emerged from stealth with $70 million to build an AI-driven SIEM alternative that correlates telemetry across enterprise environments, tailors detections and speeds investigations.

Agencies Prioritizing Tracking Use Over Enforcing Immediate Cutoffs
Federal agency staffers tell ISMG they are still using Anthropic's AI tools weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an immediate halt, as officials prioritize mapping dependencies and evaluating alternatives over enforcing a rapid shutdown.

Real-Time Payments, AI-Led Exploits Are Exposing Flaws Fraud Detection Can't Catch
For years, fraud prevention has followed a familiar script. A transaction is initiated. A model evaluates it. Fraud still gets detected as it happens or after it occurs. But this model is breaking down with the rise of instant payments and artificial intelligence tools.

Slumping Stock and Slower Growth Than Rival Rubrik Pave Way for Take-Private Deal
Reuters reported that Commvault is working with Goldman Sachs to explore a sale after receiving takeover interest from both private equity firms and strategic buyers. Thoma Bravo is among the buyers that have expressed interest in Commvault, sources told Reuters.

Chatbots Getting Better Making Final Diagnoses, But Clinical Reasoning Still Weak
General purpose large language model chatbots are getting better at coming up with patients' final diagnoses but are still weak in clinical reasoning, including generating differential diagnoses to identify and rule out other potential conditions and causes of symptoms.

Congressional Funding Standoff Still Unresolved
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has told furloughed workers to report to work despite an ongoing funding lapse. U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in recent days directed all furloughed personnel return to work on their next scheduled shift, amid increasing concerns from cybersecurity analysts.

Malware-as-a-Service Operations Favors Russian-Speaking Customers
An emerging remote access Trojan targeting Android devices in Spanish-speaking nations is propagating fraudulent advertisements as an initial access point on Meta-owned applications.

OpenAI Unveils GPT‑5.4‑Cyber in Pointed Rejoinder to Anthropic
OpenAI unveiled Tuesday its answer to AI rival Anthropic's much-touted private release of a cybersecurity model by announcing the broader availability of GPT‑5.4‑Cyber. Internal safeguards, customer verification and "trust signals" will safeguard the world from misuse, the company asserted.

Why Cyber Risk Is Now Shaped as Much by Nations as by Hackers
Wars are becoming more frequent, and are no longer only kinetic. They are just as active in the cyber world, with impacts much larger than can be imagined. This also leads to state-sponsored hacktivists targeting the critical infrastructure of nations.