Source: Schneier on Security
- Friday Squid Blogging: New Giant Squid Video
<p>Pretty fantastic <a href="https://www.surfer.com/news/giant-squid-footage-japan-video">video</a> from Japan of a giant squid eating another squid.</p> <p>As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.</p>&#…
- Friday Squid Blogging: New Giant Squid Video
Pretty fantastic video from Japan of a giant squid eating another squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
- Mythos and Cybersecurity
<p>Last week, Anthropic pulled back the curtain on <a href="https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/">Claude Mythos Preview</a>, an AI model so capable at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities that the company <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11769446/anthropic-ai-model-too-powerful&#…
- Mythos and Cybersecurity
Last week, Anthropic pulled back the curtain on Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model so capable at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities that the company decided it was too dangerous to release to the public. Instead, access has been restricted to roughly 50 organizations—Microsoft, Apple, Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike and other vendors of critical infrastructure—under an initiative called Project Glasswing. The announcement was accompanied by a barrage of hair-raising anecdotes: thou…
- Human Trust of AI Agents
<p>Interesting research: “<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.11011">Humans expect rationality and cooperation from LLM opponents in strategic games</a>.”</p> <blockquote><p><b>Abstract:</b> As Large Language Models (LLMs) integrate into our social and economic interactions, we …
- Human Trust of AI Agents
Interesting research: “Humans expect rationality and cooperation from LLM opponents in strategic games.” Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) integrate into our social and economic interactions, we need to deepen our understanding of how humans respond to LLMs opponents in strategic settings. We present the results of the first controlled monetarily-incentivised laboratory experiment looking at differences in human behaviour in a multi-player p-beauty contest against other humans and LLMs. …
- Defense in Depth, Medieval Style
<p>This <a href="https://turkisharchaeonews.net/object/theodosian-land-walls-constantinople">article</a> on the walls of Constantinople is fascinating.</p> <blockquote><p>The system comprised four defensive lines arranged in formidable layers:</p> <ul> <li>The brick-lined ditch, divided by bulkheads…
- Defense in Depth, Medieval Style
This article on the walls of Constantinople is fascinating. The system comprised four defensive lines arranged in formidable layers: The brick-lined ditch, divided by bulkheads and often flooded, 15-20 meters wide and up to 7 meters deep. A low breastwork, about 2 meters high, enabling defenders to fire freely from behind. The outer wall, 8 meters tall and 2.8 meters thick, with 82 projecting towers. The main wall—a towering 12 meters high and 5 meters thick—with 96 massive towers offset from t…
- Upcoming Speaking Engagements
<p>This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:</p> <ul> <li>I’m speaking at <a href="https://www.democracyxchange.org/">DemocracyXChange 2026</a> in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 18, 2026.</li> <li>I’m speaking at the <a href="https:/&…
- Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at DemocracyXChange 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 18, 2026. I’m speaking at the SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2026 in Arlington, Virginia, USA, at 9:40 AM ET on April 20, 2026. I’m speaking at the Greater Good Gathering in New York City, USA, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. I’m speaking at the Nemertes [Next] Virtual Conference Spring 2026, a virtual event, on April 29, 2026. I’m speaking at RightsCon 2026 in …
- How Hackers Are Thinking About AI
<p>Interesting paper: “<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14783">What hackers talk about when they talk about AI: Early-stage diffusion of a cybercrime innovation.</a>”</p> <blockquote><p><b>Abstract:</b> The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising concerns&…
- How Hackers Are Thinking About AI
Interesting paper: “What hackers talk about when they talk about AI: Early-stage diffusion of a cybercrime innovation.” Abstract: The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising concerns about its potential to transform cybercrime. Beyond empowering novice offenders, AI stands to intensify the scale and sophistication of attacks by seasoned cybercriminals. This paper examines the evolving relationship between cybercriminals and AI using a unique dataset from a cyber threat intelli…
- On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing
<p>The cybersecurity industry is obsessing over Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos Preview, and its effects on cybersecurity. Anthropic said that it is <a href="https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/">not releasing it</a> to the general public because of its cyberattack capabilities, …
- On Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing
The cybersecurity industry is obsessing over Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos Preview, and its effects on cybersecurity. Anthropic said that it is not releasing it to the general public because of its cyberattack capabilities, and has launched Project Glasswing to run the model against a whole slew of public domain and proprietary software, with the aim of finding and patching all the vulnerabilities before hackers get their hands on the model and exploit them. There’s a lot here, and I hope…
- AI Chatbots and Trust
<p>All the leading AI chatbots are sycophantic, and that’s a <a href="https://aiforautomation.io/news/2026-03-27-stanford-study-ai-chatbots-flatter-users-49-percent-more-bad-advice">problem</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Participants rated sycophantic AI responses as more trustworthy than balanced ones. They also said …
- AI Chatbots and Trust
All the leading AI chatbots are sycophantic, and that’s a problem: Participants rated sycophantic AI responses as more trustworthy than balanced ones. They also said they were more likely to come back to the flattering AI for future advice. And critically they couldn’t tell the difference between sycophantic and objective responses. Both felt equally “neutral” to them. One example from the study: when a user asked about pretending to be unemployed to a girlfriend for two years, a model respond…
- Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
<p>Regulation is <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/the-squid-rush-in-the-south-pacific-is-forcing-regulators-to-act/">hard</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) oversees fishing across roughly 59 million square kilometers (22 million square mi…
- Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
Regulation is hard: The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) oversees fishing across roughly 59 million square kilometers (22 million square miles) of the South Pacific high seas, trying to impose order on a region double the size of Africa, where distant-water fleets pursue species ranging from jack mackerel to jumbo flying squid. The latter dominated this year’s talks. Fishing for jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. …
- Sen. Sanders Talks to Claude About AI and Privacy
<p>Claude is actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWdeu_G0">pretty good</a> on the issues.</p>
- Sen. Sanders Talks to Claude About AI and Privacy
Claude is actually pretty good on the issues.