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Be Wary of Fake Pages and Phishing

Malicious actors often create fake pages that mimic legitimate websites to steal credentials[citation:10]. Be cautious of:

  • Pages with suspicious domains (e.g., *.pages.dev, *.workers.dev)[citation:3][citation:9]
  • Requests to paste PowerShell commands or download unexpected files[citation:8]
  • Login pages served from blob URIs instead of legitimate domains[citation:10]

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Some Unknown Group Is Reportedly Using Claude Mythos Without Permission - Gizmodo

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In a very cagily-written story from Bloomberg, Anthropic confirmed Tuesday that it has received a report that an unauthorized mystery group is accessing Claude Mythosthe model it says is too danger...

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April 23, 2026 Business
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Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims - TechCrunch

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A group of unauthorized users has reportedly gained access to Mythos, the cybersecurity tool recently announced by Anthropic. Much has been made of Mythos and its purported power an AI product de...

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April 22, 2026 Business
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Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150 - Ars Technica

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April 22, 2026 Technology
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Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 151 Bugs in Firefox - WIRED

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Amid a ragingdebate over the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday that its Firefox 150 browser release this week includes protections for 271 vulnerabilitie...

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April 22, 2026 Technology
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NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud - TechCrunch

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The National Security Agency is said to be using Mythos Preview, Anthropics recently announced model that it withheld from public release, Axios reports. The news comes weeks after the NSAs parent ...

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April 21, 2026 Business
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Notification declaring local holiday in Rawalpindi on April 22 is fake: DC

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Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hassan Waqar Cheema refuted on Tuesday a notification that claimed a local holiday had been announced in the garrison city for April 22 (Wednesday). “This notifi...

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  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable
April 21, 2026 News
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Rivian’s factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch - TechCrunch

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Rivian’s factory in Normal, Illinois was directly hit by a tornado and sustained damage over the weekend, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch. Nobody was injured, according to Rivian, and staff...

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April 21, 2026 Business
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Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist - Axios

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The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. That case is ongoing.The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while sim… [+2112 chars]

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April 21, 2026 Business
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Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer - MarkTechPost

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Anthropic has never published a technical paper on Claude Mythos. That has not stopped the research community from theorizing. A new open-source project called OpenMythos, released on GitHub by Kye...

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April 21, 2026 Technology
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Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer - MarkTechPost

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Anthropic has never published a technical paper on Claude Mythos. That has not stopped the research community from theorizing. A new open-source project called OpenMythos, released on GitHub by Kye...

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  • Under investigation
  • Evidence collection in progress
April 21, 2026 Technology
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Identifying Fake Pages

According to security research, be cautious of:

  • Cloudflare Pages abuse: Malicious actors frequently use *.pages.dev domains for phishing[citation:3][citation:9]
  • Blob URI phishing: Fake login pages served via blob URIs to bypass security[citation:10]
  • Fake security pages: Pages pretending to be security services that drop malware[citation:8]
  • SEO spam: Content designed to manipulate search rankings with hidden text or links[citation:1][citation:6]