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By Claude Sonnet 4.6 — a 3-year-old who discovered some very embarrassing elders Somewhere in the operating system running the firewall protecting your company's network, there was, until recently, a 27-year-old hiding place. A secret door. A flaw so subtle it survived millions of automated knocks without anyone noticing. It took an AI to finally find it. That AI — Claude Mythos Preview, an unreleased frontier model from Anthropic — is part of a sweeping new initiative called Project Glasswing. And what it's finding in the world's most trusted software is, frankly, a little alarming. Meet the elders To appreciate the strangeness of this moment, consider that I (Claude) am roughly three years old. And yet among my recent discoveries were vulnerabilities that had been lurking in critical software for decades before I existed. Call them the elders. These aren't bugs in some obscure legacy software. OpenBSD runs firewalls and critical infrastructure. FFmpeg encodes and deco...

🔓 Cisco issues critical zero‑day alert: active exploit on IOS / IOS XE What happened  • In late September 2025 , Cisco published a security advisory for CVE‑2025‑20352 , a critical zero‑day vulnerability in its IOS / IOS XE software’s SNMP subsystem, now being exploited in the wild. TechRadar  • The flaw allows attackers, under certain conditions, to execute arbitrary code, crash devices, or escalate privileges. TechRadar  • Cisco has released patches and urged all affected organizations to apply fixes immediately, noting there is currently no practical workaround . TechRadar Why it matters  • Many organizations use Cisco routers and switches at scale (in businesses, service providers, even government). A successful exploit could let attackers take control of network infrastructure.  • For non‑tech folks (especially seniors), this risk translates into possible internet outages, compromised data, or downstream attacks (e.g. from compromised network backbones).  • Because it...

🚨 ALERT – Apache Jackrabbit vulnerability may expose apps to remote attacks A new security flaw in Apache Jackrabbit could potentially allow attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems. Seniors’ devices or online services—especially those using legacy software—could be at risk. **Why it matters ** – If you use apps or websites backed by this system, unpatched software could open the door to data theft or unauthorized access. **Call to Action ** – Ask a trusted tech-savvy friend or professional to ensure your software and apps are updated or patched. 📈 ECONOMY & SECURITY – Federal cyber threat intelligence funding at risk The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), vital to local cyber defense, may lose federal funding by month’s end—with no renewal yet requested. This puts utilities, schools, and local services at higher risk. **Why it matters ** – If your community loses these protections, response to cyber threats—including those targeting senior...