Infosec community panics as Anthropic rolls out Claude code security checker
The Register
February 23, 2026
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Anthropic's release of Claude Code Security has sparked significant excitement and concern within the cybersecurity community. This new feature, currently available as a limited research preview, scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests patches to address these issues. While it has generated buzz among tech enthusiasts and caused some cybersecurity stocks to drop, experts caution that it does not herald the end of traditional security practices. Instead, Claude Code Security is seen as another tool in the growing arsenal of AI-driven solutions aimed at enhancing, rather than replacing, human expertise.
Claude Code Security stands out for its context-aware approach, which allows it to analyze code similarly to a human researcher by understanding interactions between components and tracing data flow through applications. This capability enables it to identify complex vulnerabilities that rule-based tools might miss. However, while
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Originally published on The Register on 2/23/2026