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Claude Mythos Digs Up 27-Year-Old OpenBSD Bug That Fooled Everyone

A bug slumbered in OpenBSD for 27 years, evading audits and eyes. Claude Mythos woke it up—alone. This AI isn't just finding flaws; it's rewriting security's fault lines.

AI code analysis revealing a 27-year-old OpenBSD vulnerability

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Claude Mythos uncovers decades-old bugs in OpenBSD, FFmpeg, and kernels that evaded human audits and millions of fuzz tests. 𝕏
  • Benchmarks show massive leaps: +24 points on SWE-bench Pro, enabling autonomous exploit chains. 𝕏
  • Anthropic invests $100M+ in open source security, signaling an arms race as AI shrinks vuln-to-exploit windows. 𝕏
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