April 29, 2026

A chilling new AI weapon is sending shock waves through cybersecurity: Anthropic says its Claude Mythos model can uncover previously unknown software flaws, a hacker’s dream so potent the company is limiting access to bigger firms so they can scramble to lock down their systems. But the threat doesn’t stop there — smaller businesses, nonprofits and everyday users are just as exposed, and most don’t have the skills or resources to fight back before attackers move in. Vanderbilt cybersecurity professor Mr. Goldstein warns that careless habits like weak passwords, skipped updates, no two-factor authentication and risky apps are now a recipe for disaster, because AI is about to supercharge insecure software and give criminals a powerful new edge.

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