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Anthropic Reinstates Sanction for OpenClaw-Style Claude CLI Reuse

OpenClaw's documentation confirms that Anthropic has given the green light — again — to reusing the bundled Claude CLI (`claude -p`) as a backend for third-part

via Hacker News ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

Apache ActiveMQ flaw exploited in the wild, 6,400 servers exposed

A 13-year-old code injection flaw in Apache ActiveMQ (CVE-2026-34197) is under active exploitation, with Shadowserver counting more than 6,400 exposed instances

via BleepingComputer ·
tech-cultureprivacy

Apple names John Ternus CEO as Tim Cook moves to executive chairman

Apple's board has unanimously approved a leadership transition effective September 1, 2026: Tim Cook steps aside as CEO to become executive chairman, and hardwa

via Hacker News ·
tech-culturepolicy

Apple names John Ternus CEO as Tim Cook steps down September 1

Tim Cook is vacating the Apple CEO role on September 1, 2026, ending a 15-year run at the top. John Ternus, currently Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineer

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecurityidentity

Attackers weaponize external Teams chats to impersonate helpdesk and hijack endpoints

Microsoft is tracking a rise in intrusions that begin with cross-tenant Teams messages from actors posing as internal IT or helpdesk staff. The social engineeri

via BleepingComputer ·
tech-culture

Bonsai Styling as a Formal Design Discipline

Longwood Gardens surveys the classical bonsai styles that structure how practitioners shape miniature trees. Each style — formal upright, informal upright, slan

via Hacker News ·
policytech-culture

CBP opens tariff refund portal after Supreme Court struck down IEEPA duties

US Customs and Border Protection has launched the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) portal, two months after the Supreme Court ruled

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

CISA Expands KEV Catalog With 8 Active Exploits, April-May 2026 Patch Deadlines

CISA has added eight new actively-exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, with federal civilian agencies facing mandatory reme

via The Hacker News ·
cybersecuritymalware

FakeWallet campaign smuggles 26 crypto-draining apps into China's App Store

Kaspersky has tied 26 malicious iOS apps to a campaign it calls FakeWallet, an extension of the SparkKitty operation active since last year. The apps impersonat

via BleepingComputer ·
tech-culturepolicy

Flawed Conference Abstract Spawns Headlines Blaming Produce for Lung Cancer

A non-peer-reviewed conference abstract presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting is driving headlines claiming fruits, vegetables, and

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecuritymalware

Gentlemen ransomware bolts SystemBC botnet onto 1,570-host attack toolchain

Check Point researchers traced a Gentlemen ransomware intrusion to a SystemBC command-and-control server running a botnet of more than 1,570 infected hosts, wit

via BleepingComputer ·
aivulnerability

Google Patches Prompt Injection RCE in Antigravity AI IDE

Google has shipped a patch for its Antigravity IDE addressing a prompt injection vulnerability that allowed attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution on dev

via The Hacker News ·