Accelerating ID fraud linked to worsening economic conditions in new report
For digital ID providers, yearly increases in fraud are becoming as reliable as death and taxes. In its third annual…
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Deepfakes are testing the limits of American governance
Under the looming omnipresence of AI, the United States finds itself at a crossroads in determining how best to regulate…
Au10tix identifies new deepfake fraud tactic that probes for security vulnerabilities
The repeaters are here. I repeat: the repeaters are here. The Q1 2025 Global Identity Fraud Report from Au10tix has…
Microblink aces IDNet identity document verification evaluation
Put to the test against the IDNet dataset, Microblink’s identity verification platform detected 100 percent of fake documents and had…
Prevalence of fraud-as-a-service models eroding online trust at speed: Jumio
Digital trust is “crumbling” under an avalanche of synthetic media, misinformation and deepfake fraud, according to a new report from…
Fraud rings exploit federal weaknesses as Washington falls behind
A new report from identity verification company Socure provides a grim but necessary wake-up call to the federal government: sophisticated…
Deepfake detection partnerships span AI, academia, C-suite and celebrity content
The deepfake threat continues to spur partnerships, as providers aim to refine their technology in the face of increasingly sophisticated…
Social buzzes with ChatGPT-generated passports and ID cards
A Polish engineer and investor raised eyebrows in the security industry this week by generating a fake passport using ChatGPT….
Cifas reveals ‘staggering’ identity fraud rates for UK, Entrust examines global trends
The UK recorded a “staggering” 421,000 fraud cases last year, among which nearly 60 percent are related to identity fraud,…
Explosion in identity and payments fraud forces governments, private companies to act
A common enemy can bring together unlikely allies, and right now the common enemy of banks, tech and telecoms firms…
