New essay: Before Mythos there was SATAN — what the 1995 panic does and doesn't teach us
maier_ak · x · 2026-09-25
The author published a full essay, "Before Mythos There Was SATAN: What a 1995 Panic Does and Does Not Teach Us," systematically comparing the 1995 SATAN scanner panic with today's AI vulnerability-discovery tools like Anthropic's Mythos — which historical lessons still hold (the panic was overblown; disclosure norms and patching mattered) and which don't (AI can find unknown bugs and write exploits, with access controlled by a private firm).
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