Firefox, Mozilla and Claude Mythos
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Researchers uncovered a flaw in Firefox and Tor Browser that allowed websites to generate hidden, stable identifiers without cookies. The issue stemmed from IndexedDB behavior, enabling persistent fingerprinting even in private browsing or Tor’s “New Identity” mode.
The FOSS outfit on Tuesday reminded readers that it used Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 model to look for bugs in Firefox 148 and found 22 bugs. Mythos found 271 vulnerabilities in Firefox 150. Mozilla CTO Bobby Holley expressed mixed feelings about that result,
Firefox CTO Bobby Holley believes that with Mythos, cybersecurity defenders finally have a real chance to win, saving months of costly human effort.
Apple has released iOS 26.4.2 with unspecified bug fixes and a single security patch, while Mozilla’s Firefox 150 adds PDF editing tools, improved split view, and addresses 41 security vulnerabilities. Both updates underscore a broader push for timely ...
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Mozilla declares ‘zero-days are numbered’ as Anthropic’s Mythos AI matches elite bug hunters
Mozilla uses Anthropic’s Mythos to match human expertise in finding bugs
With Firefox’s latest version 150 update for Windows, macOS, and Linux, Mozilla has introduced few genuinely new features but some noteworthy improvements. The split view is easier to use, the built-in PDF viewer is increasingly evolving into a PDF editor,
Mozilla’s partnership with Anthropic is really paying off. In March, it announced that Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team had helped it find and fix 22 security-sensitive bugs and 90 other bugs in Firefox. But this month’s bounty is even bigger: Firefox 150 is out today with fixes for 271 vulnerabilities.