# Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze

> Source: <https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/16/mythos-has-made-2026-patching-hell-it-might-make-2027-a-breeze/5296747>
> Published: 2026-09-16 05:54:47+00:00

### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)

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SYSTEMS #### Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenuesGPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns
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cyber-crime #### Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attackData protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models
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SYSTEMS #### AI networking startups race to replace Nvidia's NVLinkIntel spin-off Cornelis and newcomer Delos Data pitch open alternatives for scaling AI beyond the rack
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AI AND ML #### Anthropic and OpenAI look to Uncle Sam to make them too big to failAmerican model devs are trying to convince Washington to cement their dominance
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on-prem #### Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harderTax breaks, water, noise, decommissioning - report tells local officials what to nail down before signing

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Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
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Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
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Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
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Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)

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#### Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'
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#### Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push
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#### Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin
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#### Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
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#### Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot
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#### Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fastA real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone
