Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public

2026-05-25T07:23:57Z4afaaad8bcfcd67b7cd15fd08ce7d870031b618cf5cb65c0f6ca20a1a2691644
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What happened

Collection of mid-May 2026 security headlines showing several converging trends: AI is both being released more widely (Anthropic Mythos) and used to hunt for bugs (creating noisy duplicate disclosures), while attackers increasingly weaponize supply-chain and repository tooling (Megalodon GitHub poisonings, poisoned VS Code extensions, TanStack/Shai‑Hulud npm incidents). Multiple kernel and privilege-escalation vulnerabilities (Dirty Frag, Fragnesia, Linux kernel flaws) and actively exploited web-server issues (NGINX Rift) were disclosed alongside high-impact product flaws (Cisco Secure Worklo

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theregister_security
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4afaaad8bcfcd67b7cd15fd08ce7d870031b618cf5cb65c0f6ca20a1a2691644
Enrichment time
2026-05-25T07:23:57Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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