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Trump's third CDC nominee is a credentialed vaccine advocate — a break from RFK Jr.'s orbit

Dr. Erica Schwartz, a preventive-medicine physician and retired rear admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, has been nominated to lead the

via Ars Technica ·
tech-culturepolicy

Used EV market opens up at the $25,000 price point

The $20,000-$25,000 bracket for used electric vehicles has become unexpectedly deep, with thousands of cars nationwide and ex-lease inventory filling dealer lot

via Ars Technica ·
aidevops

Willison's one-shot prompt pattern: clone-for-reference, imitate-existing-logic, self-verify

Simon Willison walks through a short Claude Code prompt that extended his blog-to-newsletter tool to include a new content type called 'beats' - external items

via Simon Willison ·
aicybersecurity

Anthropic's Mythos Model Exposes Who Decides Which Infrastructure Gets Defended First

Anthropic restricted its Claude Mythos Preview model to roughly 50 organizations under Project Glasswing, citing its dangerous capability at finding and weaponi

via Schneier on Security ·
cybersecuritymalware

Carders Now Vet Their Own Black Markets Like Enterprise Buyers Do SaaS

Flare analysts surfaced an underground forum document titled 'The Underground Guide to Legit CC Shops' that reads less like a how-to for fraud and more like a p

via BleepingComputer ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

CISA: 13-Year-Old ActiveMQ Flaw Found by Claude AI Now Under Active Exploit

CISA added CVE-2026-34197, a high-severity Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this week, giving federal agencies unti

via BleepingComputer ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

CISA Flags Apache ActiveMQ Flaw CVE-2026-34197 as Actively Exploited

CISA has added CVE-2026-34197, a vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after confirming active exploitation in the wi

via The Hacker News ·
privacypolicy

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Filmed Eating Another Squid

Schneier's weekly squid post highlights a Japanese video capturing a giant squid consuming another squid, serving as the recurring open thread for security topi

via Schneier on Security ·
privacycybersecurity

Google Blocks 8.3B Bad Ads in 2025, Ships Android 17 Privacy Overhaul

Google says it stopped 8.3 billion ads from running in 2025 for breaching its policies, a scale that underscores how much of the ad ecosystem is adversarial rat

via The Hacker News ·
cybersecuritymalware

Kaseya-BleepingComputer webinar pitches integrated security-plus-recovery model for MSPs

BleepingComputer is hosting a sponsored webinar with Kaseya on May 14, 2026, framed around a single argument: MSPs can no longer treat prevention and recovery a

via BleepingComputer ·
vulnerabilitycybersecurity

NIST Throttles CVE Enrichment as Vulnerability Submissions Surge 263%

NIST is scaling back the depth of analysis it applies to incoming CVE records, citing a 263% jump in vulnerability submissions that has overwhelmed the National

via The Hacker News ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

NIST's NVD Retreat Leaves Defenders Scrambling for CVE Enrichment Alternatives

NIST has scaled back its handling of the National Vulnerability Database, creating a widening enrichment gap that security teams previously relied on for CVSS s

via Dark Reading ·