Daybreak is OpenAI’s answer to the AI arms race in cybersecurity

2026-05-13T14:51:41Z2f01a3a478b154794731d9f201485762462ed52189f353a8f1f1f752302350ab
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What happened

A CyberScoop news roundup covering multiple high-risk developments: OpenAI released “Daybreak,” positioning it as an AI-driven cyber-defense response to Anthropic’s Mythos; a large supply‑chain campaign dubbed “Mini Shai‑Hulud” compromised hundreds of open‑source packages and abused legitimate release signatures; Google detected an AI‑developed zero‑day before attackers could weaponize it; Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday fixed 137 vulnerabilities (13 critical); Google and Amnesty announced Android Intrusion Logging to improve spyware forensics; prolific extortion group ShinyHunters stole and ext

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2026-05-13T14:51:41Z
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