Anthropic launches a Cyber Mission, with free AI security scans for open-source projects
Anthropic announced the Anthropic Cyber Mission on 8 October, a long-term effort to give defenders tools, research and resources, starting with critical infrastructure and open-source software. Its Critical Infrastructure Defense Program brings Claude models, on-site engineers and threat research to providers that protect systems such as power grids and water networks, with founding partners including Accenture, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Palo Alto Networks and PwC.
For open source, an opt-in OSS Scanner gives maintainers of critical projects periodic free scans from Anthropic's strongest models. Each report includes a proof of concept, an explanation and a suggested fix where available. Anthropic says the reports are model-generated and sent without human review, and that it expects a true-positive rate above 90%.
A true-positive rate above 90% still means some reports will be wrong, and they arrive without a human check. Treat each one as a strong lead to verify with its proof of concept, not as a confirmed bug, and decide in advance how many your maintainers can review.
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