Topic: identity verification
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Regula Debuts New IDV Solutions at GITEX to Meet UAE Demand
Regula will unveil new identity verification solutions at GITEX Global 2025 to help UAE businesses overcome fragmented systems, high costs, and inefficiencies, driven by a demand for unified, automated processes. A recent study by Regula found that nearly half of UAE organizations struggle with a...
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MajorKey IDProof+: Your Defense Against AI Fraud
MajorKey Technologies launched IDProof+, an identity verification platform developed with authID to combat AI-powered fraud using advanced biometrics and rapid processing. The platform integrates with Microsoft Entra and performs real-time biometric validation in about 700 milliseconds, preventin...
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Data Zoo and Ping Identity Unite to Secure Global Verification
Data Zoo and Ping Identity have partnered to integrate Data Zoo's global data into the PingOne Verify platform, enabling faster and more secure international identity verification without compromising user experience. This collaboration enhances digital trust by providing Ping Identity customers ...
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1 in 3 UAE Firms Hit by Spoofing or Deepfakes, Survey Reveals
One in three UAE companies has faced spoofing or deepfake attacks, highlighting a major shift toward sophisticated impersonation tactics as the primary cybersecurity threat. Identity spoofing (36%) and biometric fraud (34%) are now the most common fraud types, with deepfakes used by 35% of firms ...
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Apple Wallet Now Supports Digital IDs
Apple has launched Digital ID in Apple Wallet, allowing users to create and present a secure digital ID using their U.S. passport information, initially for beta testing at TSA checkpoints in over 250 U.S. airports. The feature enhances convenience and privacy by storing encrypted ID data on the ...
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Tinder Swindler Victim Launches Scam-Proof ID Verifier
Pernilla Sjöholm, a survivor of online dating fraud featured in "The Tinder Swindler", co-founded IDfier, an identity verification platform using biometric authentication and NFC chip scanning to prevent scams. IDfier offers 99.9% accuracy in detecting impersonators and encrypts user data...
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North Korea's IT Workers Expand Targets Beyond Tech and Crypto
North Korea's covert IT worker program has expanded beyond targeting American tech and cryptocurrency firms to now include a wide range of global industries such as finance, healthcare, and public administration, posing a significant international security threat. Over 130 DPRK-linked operatives ...
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ID-Pal's ID-Detect Now Fights Deepfakes and Synthetic IDs
ID-Pal has upgraded its ID-Detect system to include advanced protection against AI-generated deepfakes and synthetic identity documents, addressing escalating fraud risks faced by financial institutions. The enhanced system defends against four types of presentation attacks, such as screen replay...
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Xage Fabric: Secure Your Data from Unauthorized Access
Businesses face significant security challenges when adopting AI, including data breaches and unauthorized access, which traditional measures often fail to address effectively. Xage Security has introduced a zero trust platform designed specifically for AI environments, offering identity-centric,...
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Kevin Rose: Why We Need Trusted Social Communities in the AI Era
The rise of AI bots is driving a movement toward verified social communities, where users can trust they are interacting with real people through concepts like "proof of heartbeat." To protect privacy, platforms like Digg are exploring zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) for anonymous verification, allo...
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Top Infosec Products Launched This Week: August 2025
Rubrik’s Agent Rewind offers AI-driven visibility and rewind capabilities to reverse unintended changes, mitigating risks in automated decision-making. Trellix’s DLP Endpoint Complete now supports ARM devices, providing comprehensive data protection against exfiltration and unauthorized software ...
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Google's New Policy on Fake Ads Explained
Google has updated its advertising policies to explicitly prohibit submitting false information during verification, treating it as an attempt to bypass compliance systems. Advertisers face immediate account suspension for providing inaccurate details, reflecting Google's zero-tolerance stance on...
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Australian Consumer Trust Plummets as Security Fears Soar: Ping Identity
Only 11% of Australian adults fully trust organizations with their digital identities, reflecting a significant decline in consumer trust driven by AI-related data security fears. Australians are increasingly concerned about AI-driven threats, with 82% more worried about data security than five y...
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Apple's Digital ID: Store Your Passport on Your Phone for TSA
Travelers in the U.S. can now store a digital passport in Apple Wallet on iPhone or Apple Watch, usable at TSA checkpoints in over 250 airports to streamline domestic air travel without a physical passport. The feature, introduced with iOS 26, is available in a dozen states and Puerto Rico but do...
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Recover Your Google Account with a Friend's Help
Google has introduced new account recovery options, including using a linked mobile number or designated trusted contacts to verify identity when locked out. The Recovery Contacts feature allows preselected individuals to help regain account access, while Sign in with Mobile Number simplifies rec...
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YouTube Now Detects Likeness for All Monetized Creators
YouTube is expanding its likeness detection feature to all YouTube Partner Program creators, enabling them to identify unauthorized AI-generated videos using their face. Eligible creators must verify their identity via a mobile device and ID scan to access a dashboard that flags matching videos, ...
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Can You Trust Tools for Humanity's Iris-Scanning Orb?
Tools for Humanity has introduced iris-scanning Orbs to verify human identity, addressing challenges posed by bots and deepfakes by using unique biological markers that are difficult to replicate. During a TechCrunch podcast, the company's Chief Security Officer discussed the need for privacy-cen...
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YouTube's New AI Tool Fights Deepfakes and Impersonators
YouTube is introducing a likeness detection tool to help creators combat unauthorized AI impersonations and synthetic media, addressing concerns about digital identity theft and misinformation on the platform. The tool, which functions like YouTube's copyright identification system, is in beta te...
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Sadq Raises $1M to Expand Digital Trust in Saudi Arabia
Sadq, a Saudi digital signature startup, raised an additional $1 million led by Impact46 to enhance product development, security, and regional expansion. The platform provides legally compliant electronic signatures tailored to Saudi regulations while meeting international security and usability...
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OpenAI's New Social App for AI Video Creation
OpenAI is developing a standalone social app for its Sora 2 AI video model, featuring a TikTok-like vertical feed where all content is AI-generated, including a "For You" page and options to like, comment, or remix videos. The app includes an identity verification system allowing users to incorpo...
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Salesloft & Drift Breach, Sitecore 0-Day: Weekly Security Roundup
Major cybersecurity incidents occurred, including supply chain breaches at companies like Zscaler and Palo Alto Networks through a compromised Salesforce environment, and active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities in Sitecore and SAP S/4HANA software. Artificial intelligence is increasingly ...
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Meta Tests AI Assistant for Centralized Facebook & Instagram Support
Meta is launching a global, unified support center for Facebook and Instagram to streamline account issue management, featuring tools for reporting problems, account recovery, and an AI-powered search and assistant. The company credits its AI systems with improving security—reporting a 30% reduct...
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YouTube's AI Hunts for Deepfakes of Top Creators
YouTube has launched a new tool for Partner Program creators to detect and report unauthorized AI-generated deepfakes that misuse their likeness, accessible via YouTube Studio after identity verification. The feature, currently in development and rolling out gradually, may occasionally flag creat...
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YouTube's New AI Can Now Detect Your Face
YouTube has launched a likeness-detection tool for its Partner Program creators to combat AI-generated misuse of personal identity, enabling them to identify and manage synthetic face or voice content. The system allows creators to verify their identity via a photo ID and selfie video, then revie...
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OpenAI Launches Sora: A TikTok Rival with New AI Model
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, an advanced AI model for generating audio and video, and a social media app that allows users to create and share personalized videos in a feed similar to short-form video services. Sora 2 improves upon previous models by simulating accurate physics to produce more rea...
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Top Infosec Products of August 2025: Your Ultimate Security Guide
Advanced security tools are being released to strengthen defenses, automate responses, and adapt to emerging threats across cloud, endpoint, and identity environments. Innovations include AI-driven analytics, identity governance, and autonomous agents that enhance testing, threat simulation, and ...
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Checkout.com donates ransom to charity after data breach
Checkout.com experienced a data breach when the ShinyHunters cybercrime group accessed a legacy cloud storage system, but the company has refused to pay the ransom. The compromised data includes internal documents and customer onboarding materials from 2020 and earlier, affecting a minority of cu...
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