Thailand pushes mandatory MFA after major credential leak
Thailand is preparing to make mandatory multi-factor authentication official policy after around 60 million more credential records were leaked on…
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Financial institutions stumbling into phishing-resistant MFA gaps, report warns
Financial institutions seem aware that phishing is worsening, but that awareness has not translated into stronger authentication across the workforce….
Hancomwith launches AI-powered continuous authentication for zero-trust security
As organizations move beyond one-time login authentication toward continuous identity verification, Hancomwith has launched an AI-powered authentication platform designed to…
Foundation pushes beyond Bitcoin into identity, AI authorization with $6.4M raise
Bitcoin-related startup Foundation has raised millions in funds as it moves decisively into digital identity and MFA. The U.S.-based Foundation…
FBI warning on Kali365 phishing kit exposes limits of weaker authentication
A new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning about a phishing-as-a-service kit targeting Microsoft 365 accounts is underscoring why major…
SLC Digital patents multi-signal fingerprint biometric sensor array for smart cards
Multifactor authentication and multi-modal biometrics are both well established as robust identification methods, but now SLC Digital is introducing multi-signal…
Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity
Agentic AI is forcing a rethink of identity and authentication in payments, as systems designed for human approval struggle to…
HID backs India’s move to stronger MFA for its giant volume of digital payments
HID has signalled its preparedness to help Indian banks and payment providers comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s sweeping…
UK NCSC formally recommends switch to passkeys, reversing decades of guidance
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising everyone to switch to passkeys. “Leave passwords in the past –…
Tycoon 2FA phishing empire dismantled in global cybercrime crackdown
A sprawling cybercrime platform that helped thousands of attackers bypass modern authentication protections has been disrupted in a coordinated global…
