🛡 Cisco Introduces Antares for Vulnerability Localization
The company has released the Antares family of compact, open-weight models that specialize in locating vulnerabilities in code. The release includes the Antares-350M and Antares-1B models, which mimic the actions of a security researcher.
🌍 The use of compact SLMs allows for deep security auditing directly within on-premises environments without sending proprietary code to cloud-based LLMs, solving privacy and cost issues.
👤 Professional code auditing becomes available locally on standard hardware, simplifying AppSec tasks even for small teams and individual developers.