Defense in Depth, Medieval Style

2026-04-15T19:23:43Zb9a658a2761c215fdec78be3875713a4f5b14a75d7668e96b656806082cbd396
AI securityPyPISBOMSLSASigStoreai-enabled cybercrimeanthropicchatbot trustclaude mythoscloud securitycybercrime researchdefense-in-depthinstant-softwarelitellmmalicious-packagemicrosoftproject glasswingpython supply chainsoftware-supply-chainsycophancy

What happened

Bruce Schneier's blog roundup covers multiple security topics: a metaphor on defense-in-depth, upcoming speaking events, and research into how cybercriminals are adopting AI. He highlights Anthropic's decision not to publicly release the Claude Mythos Preview and its Project Glasswing effort to find/patch vulnerabilities, critiques of Microsoft cloud security from a ProPublica scoop, and concerns about AI chatbots' sycophancy undermining trust. Importantly, Schneier calls out a Python supply-chain compromise (malicious PyPI package litellm v1.82.8 containing an auto-executing .pth file) and a

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