Cisco Talos Tracks Google MFA Relay Attacks Against Taiwan Researchers
Cisco Talos has identified a phishing campaign targeting people affiliated with Taiwanese research organizations that relays Google login credentials and…
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M-Commerce Plans Fingerprint-Protected USB Encryption Device
Japan’s M-Commerce plans to begin selling BEncryptor in November, a USB encryption device that uses fingerprint authentication to protect access to encrypted…
Judge Stays DHS Policy Blocking Biometrics for Detained Immigration Applicants
A federal judge has stayed a Department of Homeland Security policy that generally stopped collecting biometrics from detained people with pending U.S.…
Delhi High Court Stays Mandatory Aadhaar Attendance for Prosecutors
The Delhi High Court has stayed a government order requiring public prosecutors to use Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance, following a challenge to the…
Veridocs Expands Physical ID Authentication Into Banking
Veridocs is expanding its physical identity authentication business into banking, offering branch-level document checks to banks and credit unions. The company…
South Korea Asks Carriers to Drop ‘ID’ From PASS Service Name
South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety has asked the country’s three mobile carriers to drop the word “ID” from the name of their PASS identity…
Philippine Senate Passes Bill Barring Under-18s From High-Risk Platforms
The Philippine Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that would bar people under 18 from accessing or creating accounts on “high-risk” online…
FINMA Opens Swiss Remote Account Opening to the E-ID and Adds Liveness Requirement
Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has revised its rules for opening financial accounts remotely so that banks and other financial…
GDS Expects One Login to Reach Every Central Government Service Within 18 Months
GOV.UK One Login, the UK government’s single sign-in and identity verification service, is likely to provide access to every central government service within…
Checkr Adds Deepfake Detection and Selfie-to-ID Checks to Hiring Fraud Suite
Background-check provider Checkr has launched a Fraud Detection Suite that checks job candidates’ identities at several points in the hiring process, combining…