Anthropic reconfigures its cool kids security program

Only a week after warning about the perils of competitor Z.ai's GLM-5.3 model and its advanced cybersecurity capabilities, Anthropic has expanded its Cyber Verification Program (CVP) – or rather, reconfigured it. "For the past six months, we’ve enabled trusted access through two programs: Project Glasswing and the CVP," the AI biz said. "Now, we’re integrating these programs into one expanded offering, designed to give more security organizations access to the capabilities they need to protect their systems." Project Glasswing and CVP launched in April 2026 alongside the debut of Mythos, the company's highly capable and equally hyped frontier model. Project Glasswing gave partners early access to Mythos so they could scour their systems for vulnerabilities before attackers beat them to it. VulnCheck researcher Patrick Garrity was not particularly impressed with CVEs identified by Project Glasswing, noting that fewer than 0.5 percent of the 225 Anthropic-linked vulnerabilities he tracked were being exploited in the wild. …