Cybercriminals exploit lack of MFA use by aid groups
Humanitarian organizations in the Middle East are being targeted by cyberattacks likely coming from supporters of the Houthi rebels, an…
Articles By Masha Borak
Masha Borak is a technology journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired, Business Insider, Rest of World, and other media outlets. Previously she reported for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Reach out to her at masha@biometricupdate.com.
Digital ID, account security boosts to support financial health in APAC
Hong Kong and Australia have made efforts to introduce digital identity – the former by supporting the iAM Smart app…
Kurdistan issues 438K biometric voter cards in runup to election
Kurdistan has distributed 438,000 biometric voter cards over the past seven months, as the Iraqi region prepares for its long-overdue…
As Brazil debates AI bill, calls for facial recognition bans emerge
A group of rights organizations is calling on the Brazilian government to pass the country’s proposed AI regulation and introduce…
UK’s new govt expresses openness to digital ID, not cards
Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair is touting digital identity as a solution to controlling irregular migration, one of the…
IATA says airports unprepared for EES
Dozens of airports across Europe are unprepared for the European Union’s upcoming biometric travel registration scheme, the Entry-Exit System (EES),…
Contactless biometrics for Curaçao, Berlin and Marseille airports
More airports across the world are going biometric, implementing contactless border crossings and new digital services. Caribbean tourist destination Curaçao…
Australia makes headway in digital ID interoperability
Australia is making progress in bringing together the country’s digital identity schemes and making them interoperable, including the federal myGov…
Not all Digital Travel Credentials are created equal: SITA
One solution that could help ameliorate long queues at airports is the Digital Travel Credential (DTC), the digital equivalent of…
Scotland biometrics commish wants ICO to look into cops use of cloud
After Microsoft revealed that it could not guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its cloud servers, the…
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