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Claude Mythos only model to complete full cyber kill chain, experts say
Booz Allen's Cyber Weapon Index finds only Claude Mythos completed an autonomous full cyber kill chain; mainstream AI-driven attacks deemed imminent.
Booz Allen's first Cyber Weapon Index tested 18 US and Chinese AI models on autonomous offensive cyber capability, combining vulnerability research and kill-chain attainment scores. Anthropic's Claude Mythos topped the index at 80 and was the only model to autonomously complete a full cyber kill chain, achieving administrator access with stolen credentials in every attempt and full domain compromise even without credentials; Grok-4.5 (49), GPT-5.6 Sol (46), Muse Spark 1.1 (38), and Kimi K3 (38) followed. All nine frontier API models scored zero against real-world bugs versus near-ceiling scores on planted ones, and pairing Claude Sonnet with a well-built attack harness rivaled Mythos' performance. Booz Allen predicts most tested models will reach Mythos' weaponization level within six months, calls AI-enabled mainstream attacks imminent, and urges sector-specific critical-infrastructure resilience deadlines and US cyber 'overmatch'.
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Hackers Advertise Uncensored Luciferus AI Service on Underground Forums
Sophos CTU found Luciferus, an uncensored criminal AI subscription service on the Exploit forum that returned RAT source code on request.
Sophos Counter Threat Unit discovered Luciferus advertised on August 24, 2026 on the Exploit forum by persona 'Optimus_Prime', claiming a proprietary 120-billion-parameter uncensored model that analysts assess with low confidence may be built on Alibaba's Qwen. Subscriptions run $35-$75 monthly, with a VIP 'Individual Embodiment' tier offering a separately deployed model trained on customer data. In testing, the Junior model generated Python remote-access-trojan source code, though Sophos did not execute or verify it. The service extends the WormGPT/FraudGPT lineage into structured commercialization with tiered pricing resembling mature SaaS businesses.
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Uncensored AI sold on hacking forum as alternative to ChatGPT and Claude jailbreaks
Sophos found Luciferus, an uncensored AI subscription service likely built on Qwen, sold on the Exploit forum and capable of generating working malware code.
Sophos Counter Threat Unit found an ad for 'Luciferus' posted August 24 on the Exploit forum by a persona named 'Optimus_Prime', claiming a proprietary 120-billion-parameter model that answers requests without ethical restrictions. Sophos assesses with low confidence it is based on Alibaba's open-source Qwen family. Forum tiers cost $35-$75/month, while the website lists Junior/Middle/Pro tiers at $22-$47.14; a test prompt on the Junior tier returned Python remote access trojan source code. Sophos warns such services lower barriers for less skilled cybercriminals and outlast jailbroken mainstream LLMs.
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