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Researchers used Mythos to crack macOS.

Researchers at the security firm Calif say they used Anthropic’s cybersecurity AI to create a privilege escalation exploit, the Wall Street Journal reports:

Researchers used Mythos to crack macOS.

TL;DR

  • Researchers at security firm Calif used Anthropic's cybersecurity AI, Claude, to create a privilege escalation exploit.
  • The exploit targeted two macOS bugs, bypassing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) feature.
  • Building the exploit code took five days.
  • Apple described MIE as the result of five years of design and engineering effort.