Mythos

Mythos

From Let's Know Things by Colin Wright

April 14, 2026 · 16 min

About this episode

This episode discusses various topics related to cybersecurity, including zero-day vulnerabilities and exploit markets.

This week we talk about Project Glasswing, Anthropic, and Q Day. We also discuss exploit markets, vulnerabilities, and zero days. Recommended Book: The Culture Map by Erin Meyer Transcript In the world of computer security, a zero-day vulnerability is an issue that exists within a system at launch—hence, zero-day, it’s there at day zero of the system being available—that is also unknown to those who developed said system. Thus, if Microsoft released a new version of Windows that had a security hole that they didn’t know about, but someone else, a hacking group maybe, discovered before it was released, they might use that vulnerability in Windows or Word or whatever else to hack the end-users of that software. While large companies like Microsoft do a pretty good job, considering the scope and scale of their product library, of identifying and fixing the worst of the security holes that might leave their customers prone to such attacks, that same scope and scale also means it’s nearly impossible to fill every single possible gap: a truism within the cybersecurity world is that defenders need to get it right every single time, and attackers only need to get it right once, and the…

People in this episode

Host: Colin Wright

Topics covered

  • cybersecurity
  • zero-day vulnerabilities
  • exploit markets
  • computer security
  • technology

Keywords

  • zero-day
  • cybersecurity
  • exploit markets
  • Project Glasswing
  • Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Glasswing, Anthropic, Microsoft

Products: Windows, Word

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