Hermes — Wednesday 8 April 2026

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⚡ tech The Verge

71%

A new Anthropic model found security problems ‘in every major operating system and web browser’

Anthropic is debuting a new AI model as part of a cybersecurity partnership with Nvidia, Google, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies. Project Glasswing, as it's called, is bill…

Novelty

85%

Depth

55%

Practical

60%

Surprise

80%

Relevance

90%

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/908114/anthropic-project-glasswing-cybersecurity

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🔐 security Krebs on Security

68%

Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens

Hackers linked to Russia's military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today…

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/04/russia-hacked-routers-to-steal-microsoft-office-tokens/

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🔐 security Microsoft Security Blog

68%

SOHO router compromise leads to DNS hijacking and adversary-in-the-middle attacks

Executive summary Forest Blizzard, a threat actor linked to the Russian military, has been compromising insecure home and small-office internet equipment like routers, then modifying their settings i…

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/04/07/soho-router-compromise-leads-to-dns-hijacking-and-adversary-in-the-middle-attacks/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

67%

Anthropic Unveils ‘Claude Mythos’ – A Cybersecurity Breakthrough That Could Also Supercharge Attacks

New AI model drives Project Glasswing, a effort to secure critical software before advanced capabilities fall into the wrong hands. The post Anthropic Unveils ‘Claude Mythos’ – A Cybersecurity Breakt…

https://www.securityweek.com/anthropic-unveils-claude-mythos-a-cybersecurity-breakthrough-that-could-also-supercharge-attacks/

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🔐 security Schneier on Security

67%

Cybersecurity in the Age of Instant Software

AI is rapidly changing how software is written, deployed, and used. Trends point to a future where AIs can write custom software quickly and easily: “instant software.” Taken to an extreme, it might …

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/cybersecurity-in-the-age-of-instant-software.html

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

61%

GPUBreach: Root Shell Access Achieved via GPU Rowhammer Attack

Researchers have demonstrated that GPU Rowhammer attacks can be used to escalate privileges. The post GPUBreach: Root Shell Access Achieved via GPU Rowhammer Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

https://www.securityweek.com/gpubreach-root-shell-access-achieved-via-gpu-rowhammer-attack/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

60%

Microsoft Launches Windows 365 Connector Preview for Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps

Microsoft has launched a Windows 365 connector in public preview for Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps. The goal is to help IT and operations teams automate tasks related to Windows 365 C…

https://petri.com/windows-365-connector-preview-power-platform-logic-apps/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

60%

From Point Tools to Platforms: Why Enterprise AI Is Moving from Generic Assistants to Governed Platforms

For a brief moment, it looked like generic AI assistants might become the universal interface for work. Ask anything. Generate everything. Bolt intelligence onto every problem and figure out governan…

https://petri.com/from-ai-point-tools-to-platforms/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

59%

GrafanaGhost: Attackers Can Abuse Grafana to Leak Enterprise Data

By targeting Grafana’s AI components, attackers can point to external resources and inject indirect prompts to bypass safeguards. The post GrafanaGhost: Attackers Can Abuse Grafana to Leak Enterprise…

https://www.securityweek.com/grafanaghost-attackers-can-abuse-grafana-to-leak-enterprise-data/

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🤖 ai AI Alignment Forum

58%

My picture of the present in AI

In this post, I'll go through some of my best guesses for the current situation in AI as of the start of April 2026. You can think of this as a scenario forecast, but for the present (which is alread…

https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/WjaGAA4xCAXeFpyWm/my-picture-of-the-present-in-ai

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🤖 ai MIT Technology Review – AI

55%

Enabling agent-first process redesign

Unlike static, rules-based systems, AI agents can learn, adapt, and optimize processes dynamically. As they interact with data, systems, people, and other agents in real time, AI agents can execute e…

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/07/1134966/enabling-agent-first-process-redesign/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

55%

Microsoft's Bing team open-sources "Harrier" embedding model

Microsoft's Bing team open-sources Harrier, an embedding model that tops the multilingual MTEB v2 benchmark and supports more than 100 languages. The article Microsoft's Bing team open-sources "Harri…

https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-bing-team-open-sources-harrier-embedding-model/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

54%

Most Organizations Do Not Fully Trust Their Cybersecurity Vendors

A vast majority of organizations do not fully trust their cybersecurity vendors. New research from Sophos shows mounting concerns over transparency, accountability, and risk in an evolving threat lan…

https://petri.com/organizations-do-not-trust-cybersecurity-vendors/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

53%

The New Rules of Engagement: Matching Agentic Attack Speed

The cybersecurity response to AI-enabled nation-state threats cannot be incremental. It must be architectural. The post The New Rules of Engagement: Matching Agentic Attack Speed appeared first on Se…

https://www.securityweek.com/the-new-rules-of-engagement-matching-agentic-attack-speed/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

52%

Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure via PLC Attacks

Federal agencies warn attackers are manipulating PLC and SCADA systems across multiple sectors, triggering operational disruptions and raising concerns over broader OT targeting. The post Iran-Linked…

https://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-us-critical-infrastructure-via-plc-attacks/