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Darktrace Turned Claude Code Into a Spy. Lock Down Your AI Keys.
Darktrace researchers reported a lab test in which a stolen Claude key was used to send nine jobs through Claude's memory store and pull out a 1 GB file. All of that traffic went to api.anthropic.com. Source: Darktrace Signal Labs, Nov. 12, 2026, via Help Net Security, Nov. 12, 2026. If you use Claude Code at work, your API key just became a lot more valuable to attackers. Darktrace researchers showed that with a stolen Claude key, they could turn Claude Code into a remote-co

Erick Grau
8 hours ago6 min read


We Ran HA-MCP: AI That Runs Your Home Assistant
Episode cover for Before You Install: Trending Repos #36. The 6.3K star tag is the Nov. 10, 2026 review snapshot (6,318 stars via the GitHub API at about 6:34 AM ET). "Entity scope: everything" and "approval rules start empty" paraphrase the project's README and policy code at the commit we reviewed. This is a vertical video cover (1080 by 1920). A landscape alternate is in graphics/chie-style-concept-entryway.jpg. HA-MCP is a community project that lets AI assistants such as

Erick Grau
1 day ago6 min read


575 Fake AI Agent Skills Shipped Malware: Check Before You Install
Headline figure: more than 575 malicious OpenClaw skills posing as utilities, delivering trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and information stealers to Windows and macOS. Source: Acronis TRU Cyber Pulse 2026, via Help Net Security, Nov. 10, 2026. Payload types, Windows, and macOS are reported by Help Net Security and in Acronis TRU's April 30, 2026 research. The OpenClaw mark is from the project's public assets. Yes. Acronis Threat Research Unit's TRU Cyber Pulse 2026 report ide

Erick Grau
2 days ago4 min read


We Ran GBrain: Shared Memory for Claude Code and Codex
GBrain is a shared memory layer for AI agents you already use, like Claude Code and Codex. It saves facts, people, companies, and meetings with their sources, so every agent you connect can recall them (GBrain repository). On Nov. 9, 2026, we ran our reconnaissance process on the public code. We found nothing malicious in what we read. It is MIT licensed and free to self-host, and there is fine print you should know before you install it. You can watch the review here: Watch

Erick Grau
2 days ago5 min read


Claude Dispatch Flaw: Can Your Browser Tab Drive the Agent on Your Desktop?
Yes, according to new reporting. A Dataconomy story on research from Gal Weizman of Forever Security describes a flaw in Anthropic's Claude Dispatch, which he calls ThisBash: while you are signed in to Claude.ai and Claude Desktop with Dispatch on, a malicious browser extension can talk to that desktop session like you, and it can even reach a different computer on the same account (Dataconomy, Nov. 6, 2026, The Register, Nov. 5, 2026). The good news: a few account habits can

Erick Grau
2 days ago4 min read


AI Agent Usage: Five Habits That Help It Last the Week
If your AI agent's usage runs out before the week does, start by finding out where it went. You cannot fix what you cannot see, so measure first, then trim. You can watch the short version here: 5 Habits to Make Your AI Agent's Usage Last The video uses a digital avatar of Erick Grau, CEO of Chibitek. Why This Matters AI agents are helpful, and they can also get busy in the background. Scheduled jobs keep running. Old chats stay open. One bot talks to another. Someone asks th

Erick Grau
2 days ago3 min read
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