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Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

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Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them
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Anthropic's Mythos AI model is uncovering vulnerabilities in Microsoft's SharePoint at a pace exceeding the company's ability to patch them, with 90 critical and 141 important bugs found in April alone. During a Project Glasswing meeting, Microsoft engineers acknowledged that adversaries could exploit these flaws as soon as the tool becomes publicly available, creating a 'mad dash' to remediate. The model's ability to chain low-severity bugs into high-impact attacks undermines traditional triage strategies.

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