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Skepticism Around Mythos: Security Tool's Restricted Access May Be Cost-Driven, Not Safety-Driven

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15d ago· 12 min readenOpinion

Summary

The article discusses Mythos, a tool designed to find challenging security bugs, and expresses skepticism about the public reasons given for its restricted access. The author suspects the real reason is high operational costs rather than safety concerns, and questions whether Mythos is truly as effective at finding vulnerabilities as claimed. The piece also mentions the author built a tool to automate bug hunting.

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bskySkepticism Around Mythos: Security Tool's Restricted Access May Be Cost-Driven, Not Safety-Drivenswelljoe.com

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OK, so Mythos finds really challenging security bugs, right?
I am skeptical of the reasons given publicly, I suspect it's really just so much more expensive to operate than their current models that they don't want to offer it broadly
But, are they telling the truth about how good it is at finding security vulnerabilities or is it just more hype?
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OK, so Mythos finds really challenging security bugs, right? That’s why it’s cordoned off from the hoi polloi, to protect the world from such a powerful finder of exploits. I am skeptical of the reasons given publicly, I suspect it’s really just so much m

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