We're back from a fun July 4th break, and this week's news brings us the emergence of a nasty bug in many AI coding assistants, the approaching tipping point for macOS malware, and how AI-enabled phishing kits are changing the game. Plus: Some weird news about a former ransomware negotiator who was working with threat actors and bought...a food truck?

Links

GhostApproval AI bug: https://decipher.sc/2026/07/08/resear...

Forg365 phishing kit: https://decipher.sc/2026/07/09/new-fo...

Ransomware negotiator guilty plea: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florid...

Mac malware paper: https://www.securitymetrics.org/attac...