ISSUE 23.22 • 2026-06-01 PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston Waves of state-sponsored malware attacks are expected to overwhelm traditional antivirus software as early as July 2026. By then, hacker teams will surely gain access to powerful large language models (LLMs) such as Anthropic’s Mythos Preview and OpenAI’s GPT-5.4-Cyber. In April 2026, Anthropic and OpenAI announced […]

PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley Someone recently asked whether they could install just the security part of Apple updates and ignore all the other parts. Just as with Microsoft Windows, the ability to get just the code that pertains to security issues, without changing anything else, is no longer an option. Neither Microsoft nor Apple […]