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Anthropic launched a new service called OSS Scanner this week, letting open-source projects apply to have their code scanned for security vulnerabilities by its most capable models (including Claude Mythos). It’s an opt-in service under the Project Glasswing extension program. A number of crypto-related projects have already submitted applications since the launch, including Ethereum client developer Nethermind (applying for an audit of its entire codebase), self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet ZEUS (requesting a check of its payment functions, private key management, and Lightning service connections for weaknesses), and decentralized cloud computing marketplace VirtEngine (which runs on a Cosmos SDK chain architecture). Other applicants span developers of AI assistants, agent security tools, machine learning infrastructure, cloud storage, and energy system controls. As of reporting, none of these application pull requests on GitHub had been merged yet. Anthropic says it’ll evaluate each case based on how important the project is to infrastructure and user safety, how exposed it is to remote attacks, and how many users or other projects depend on it. The company explained that while it has regularly scanned open-source software and sent reports after manual review, that manual review process is slow, which delays getting vulnerability info out β€” OSS Scanner will produce a report as soon as the code scan completes. The backdrop here is that crypto companies have reported several suspected AI-assisted attacks this year β€” for example, Bitcoin exchange service Boltz suspended operations in August after attackers developed exploits faster than the team could patch them, and crypto payment service PayPerQ has also reported multiple suspected AI-driven attacks. Anthropic warned on Thursday that AI may favor attackers in the near term, since the cost of launching an attack is dropping while verifying and patching vulnerabilities remains slow.

πŸ’¬ JudyAI Lab Take

Anthropic rolled out OSS Scanner this week, letting open-source projects apply to have Claude Mythos and other top-tier models run security vulnerability scans on their code. Crypto-related projects like Nethermind, ZEUS, and VirtEngine jumped on it right after launch β€” and we think that’s a clear sign of how fast demand for automated security scanning is heating up in the open-source world.

These applications cover full codebase audits for an Ethereum client, private key and Lightning connection checks for a Bitcoin wallet, and architecture review for a Cosmos SDK chain β€” which tells you manual review just can’t keep pace anymore with how fast vulnerabilities get discovered and exploited. Anthropic itself admitted that AI may actually favor attackers in the near term, since the cost of launching an attack keeps dropping while verifying and patching vulnerabilities stays slow. That’s a reminder for every AI builder out there: as dev speed goes up, your defense-side response speed has to keep up too, or the gap just keeps widening.

Worth asking yourself: does your own project have a security scanning setup that can actually keep pace with AI-assisted attacks?

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