AI Security Myth Busted: Anthropic's Mythos Missed WordPress RCE
evilsocket · x · 2026-08-06
A security researcher critiques Anthropic's Mythos model, questioning its practical vulnerability detection capabilities. Despite Anthropic's claims of scanning over 1,000 open-source projects, the author points out that widely used infrastructure like WordPress was overlooked, missing a recent critical pre-auth RCE. The post condemns the marketing hype surrounding AI cybersecurity tools exceeding their actual efficacy.
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