Supply Chain Attack Secretly Installs OpenClaw for Cline Users

av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads, Twitter

The rapid spread of OpenClaw wasn’t going fast enough for someone.

Cybersecurity vendors this week noticed an odd trend when the npm package for version 2.3.0 of Cline, a widely used open source AI coding tool, began installing an apparent stowaway program: OpenClaw. For approximately eight hours, users who downloaded Cline received a poisoned version of the tool that, while not carrying traditional malware, still made unauthorized installations on their systems.

It’s unclear who perpetrated this odd supply chain attack, and what the ultimate motivation is beyond forced installations of OpenClaw. But the attack marks the latest red flag for the fast-growing AI framework, which security researchers have expressed concerns about since its explosion onto the technology landscape last month.

Källa: Darkreading

Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 FortiGate firewalls in 5 weeks

av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads, Twitter

Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks.

A new report by CJ Moses, CISO of Amazon Integrated Security, says that the hacking campaign occurred between January 11 and February 18, 2026, and did not rely on any exploits to breach Fortinet firewalls.

Instead, the threat actor targeted exposed management interfaces and weak credentials that lacked MFA protection, then used AI to help automate access to other devices on the breached network.

Källa: Bleepingcomputer

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads, Twitter

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes.

While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms.

The companies that designed your favorite apps have an incentive to keep you glued to them so they can serve up ads that make them billions of dollars in revenue. Resisting the pull of the endless scroll, the dopamine hits from short-form videos and the ego boost and validation that come from likes and positive interactions, can seem like an unfair fight. For some people, “rage-bait,” gloomy news and arguing with internet strangers also have an irresistible draw.

Källa: Abcnews

What is Seedance? The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic

av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 21, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads, Twitter

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by the Chinese company behind TikTok rocked Hollywood this week – not just because of what it can do, but what it could mean for creative industries.
Created by tech giant ByteDance, Seedance 2.0 can generate cinema-quality video, complete with sound effects and dialogue, from just a few written prompts.
Many of the clips said to have been made using Seedance, and featuring popular characters like Spider-Man and Deadpool, went viral.

Major studios like Disney and Paramount quickly accused ByteDance of copyright infringement but concerns about the technology run deeper than legal issues.

Källa: Bbc