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NewCore raises $66m to give AI agents a corporate identity

NewCore has come out of stealth with $66m to solve a problem most companies have not named yet: who, or what, is logging into their systems. The identity-security startup, based in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, is building a platform to govern both human employees and autonomous AI agents under one architecture, and it is […]

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Google is about to disable uBlock Origin and every other Manifest V2 extension in Chrome

Google is weeks away from permanently disabling every Manifest V2 browser extension in Chrome, a change that will kill uBlock Origin and fundamentally limit what content blockers can do inside the world’s most popular browser. Chrome 150, scheduled to reach the stable channel on June 30, will remove the ExtensionManifestV2Disabled flag, the last mechanism that […]

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The scam economy is now bigger than Denmark’s GDP, and it is accelerating

Global financial fraud cost victims an estimated $442 billion in 2025, roughly equivalent to the economic output of Denmark, according to Interpol’s 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment. The figure, corroborated by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance’s own survey data, reflects what Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza described as “the industrialisation of fraud,” driven by artificial […]

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Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes promoting illegal drugs, but only after a senator forced its hand

Spotify has removed more than 57,000 fake podcast episodes and banned 3,500 accounts tied to illegal drug promotion after a US Senate investigation exposed the scale of the problem. The episodes, spread across more than 3,000 shows, used AI-generated audio to direct listeners to websites selling modafinil, opioids, and cryptocurrency on unregulated marketplaces. Senator Maggie […]

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Agentjacking: a fake bug report can hijack your AI coding agent

Security researchers have found a way to hijack AI coding agents with nothing but a fake bug report. They call it Agentjacking. It needs no malware, no stolen password, and no breach of the target. The attack, disclosed by Tenet Security, turns the coding agent into the weapon. When a developer asks the agent to […]

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The UK is about to ban under-16s from social media. Its own child-safety charities are worried.

A UK under-16 social media ban, for years a fringe idea, is now days from becoming government policy. Ministers are expected to outline the plan to Parliament on Monday, ahead of the 18 June Makerfield by-election, according to POLITICO, which cited people familiar with discussions inside the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and No. […]

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Google sues suspected Chinese cybercrime ring that used Gemini to build scam websites

Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation it calls the Outsider Enterprise, alleging the group sent more than 2.5 million fraudulent text messages to Android users over a two-week period in May. The messages contained links to fake websites designed to steal personal information, and the scammers reportedly used Google’s own […]

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ShinyHunters breached 100+ companies through an unpatched Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day

Oracle warned customers on Thursday of a critical vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software that hackers have already exploited to breach more than 100 organisations. The flaw, CVE-2026-35273, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and can be exploited over the internet without any authentication. Oracle has not released a patch. The advisory came a day after […]

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Coram raises $35M to turn security cameras into autonomous AI investigators

Coram AI has raised $35m to turn the security cameras already bolted to walls into something closer to an autonomous detective. The Series B is co-led by the new investor Ansa Capital and Battery Ventures, with UP Partners, 8VC and Mosaic Ventures joining. It takes the San Francisco company’s total funding to $66m. Coram’s pitch […]

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South Korea hits Coupang with record $409 million fine over massive data breach

South Korea’s privacy watchdog has slapped e-commerce giant Coupang with a record-breaking 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine, the largest data breach penalty in the country’s history. The ruling, handed down today by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), dwarfs the previous record of 134.8 billion won imposed on telecoms firm SK Telecom last year. The […]

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