Mythos AI: What Security Leaders Should Do Next
The recent discussion around Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing has caught the attention of the cybersecurity industry for good reason. Mythos is not just another AI announcement. It is being positioned as a frontier model with advanced cybersecurity capability, particularly around finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities. Anthropic has stated that Project Glasswing is intended to give selected defenders early access to this capability to help secure critical software, rather than releasing the model broadly. Cisco has also published guidance following its work with Mythos, explaining that it is changing its near-term threat modelling of AI-enabled attackers and issuing defensive recommendations for customers. That is the important point. Whether Mythos itself remains tightly controlled or not, the direction of travel is clear. AI-enabled vulnerability discovery and exploitation capability is improving quickly. Security teams need to prepare for a...