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Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4B

Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4B

2026-08-03 Ian Fleming
The card network giant plans to scoop up the Israeli firm to strengthen its defe...
DeepSeek-Powered AI Used To Launch Attacks — Agentic Threats May Go Beyond One-Offs

DeepSeek-Powered AI Used To Launch Attacks — Agentic Threats May Go Beyond One-Offs

2026-08-03 Ian Fleming
A Chinese threat actor used a DeepSeek-powered Hermes Agent to find and attack v...
7 Best Decentralized Identity Wallets for 2026, Compared

7 Best Decentralized Identity Wallets for 2026, Compared

2026-08-03 Ian Fleming
eIDAS 2.0 and W3C standards made self-sovereign ID mainstream in 2026. Here are...
EU launches new task force to tackle AI deepfakes, illicit imagery, and hacking

EU launches new task force to tackle AI deepfakes, illicit imagery, and hacking

2026-08-02 Ian Fleming
The initial provisions of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) on the transp...
Regula Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Regula Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

2026-08-02 Per Henrikson
Regula deploys entirely on customer-provided infrastructure, with no dependency...
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Regula Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Regula Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

2026-08-02 Per Henrikson
Regula deploys entirely on customer-provided infrastructure, with no dependency on cloud services, giving clients a high degree of control over data residency and processing.
Cyera Bets $1B on Non-Human Identity Security With Oasis Buy

Cyera Bets $1B on Non-Human Identity Security With Oasis Buy

Cyera plans to acquire non-human identity startup Oasis Security for $1 billion, combining identity intelligence with data security to help organizations govern AI
iDenfy upgrades its Age Verification platform with a new Age Estimation tool

iDenfy upgrades its Age Verification platform with a new Age Estimation tool

iDenfy has built it out with its own permission structure, billing model, and API endpoints, so its partners that only need Age Estimation checks are not required to adopt the full identity verification stack to access it.

Unico adds ISO 42001 AI governance certification to identity platform

Envoc Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification, Positioning the Company as for High-Stakes US Government Identity Solutions

Trust Stamp joins EU semiconductor initiative to build biometric identity into chips

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Argentina launches IOTA decentralized IDs, blockchain for organ transplants

Argentina launches IOTA decentralized IDs, blockchain for organ transplants

2026-07-31 Ian Fleming
Argentina’s medical transplant authority adds decentralized digital identities and blockchain-based document checks to its forgan and tissue transplant network.
Greece opens contract for $415M digital identity system

Greece opens contract for $415M digital identity system

Greece launches a €415.6 million ($472.8 million) bid for a digital ID card system to enhance security, authentication, and compliance with EU regulations.
Okta buys AI identity security startup Permiso

Okta buys AI identity security startup Permiso

Okta is betting that demand for protecting AI agents and other machine identities will grow as enterprises deploy autonomous software across their operations.

Morocco Rolls Out Digital Boarding Passes Across Airports

Digital mortgage ID checks in the UK unaffected by government U-turn

Tenerife drivers will be able to carry all their official documents in a European mobile app from 2027

Technology
Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4B

Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4B

2026-08-03 Ian Fleming
The card network giant plans to scoop up the Israeli firm to strengthen its defenses in a fight against fraud fueled by artificial intelligence.
DeepSeek-Powered AI Used To Launch Attacks — Agentic Threats May Go Beyond One-Offs

DeepSeek-Powered AI Used To Launch Attacks — Agentic Threats May Go Beyond One-Offs

A Chinese threat actor used a DeepSeek-powered Hermes Agent to find and attack vulnerable servers. It selected targets, downloaded exploits and changed course when it failed.
7 Best Decentralized Identity Wallets for 2026, Compared

7 Best Decentralized Identity Wallets for 2026, Compared

eIDAS 2.0 and W3C standards made self-sovereign ID mainstream in 2026. Here are the 7 best decentralized identity wallets, and what each one actually controls.

Japan's Toppan Security demos interoperability with French national digital ID wallet

Google’s “privacy-preserving” age verification system is coming to the Play Store

Vouched and the Decentralized Identity Foundation Launch KYA-OS, an Open Trust Layer for AI Agents

Legal
New York puts accuracy minimums for age assurance into effect with SAFE for Kids Act

New York puts accuracy minimums for age assurance into effect with SAFE for Kids Act

2026-07-29 Per Henrikson
The New York legislation is also among the first to include specific accuracy minimums for highly effective age assurance.
Conformance framework for EU Digital Identity Wallets arrives with ARF v3.0

Conformance framework for EU Digital Identity Wallets arrives with ARF v3.0

The EUDI Wallet Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF) v3.0.0 introduces a new framework for assessing the functional requirements of wallets via a set of shared, reusable test cases. It also builds in the latest capabilities and criteria needed for alignment with the Commission Implementing Regulations (CIRs) passed in 2024 and 2025.
EU Registers Campaign Against Mandatory Digital ID and Age Checks

EU Registers Campaign Against Mandatory Digital ID and Age Checks

The European Commission has registered a citizens’ campaign seeking to prevent digital identity and age-verification systems from becoming mandatory gates to online services. The decision gives organizers permission to begin gathering support across the European Union, but it does not mean the Commission agrees with their position.

New Jersey Enacts Law Establishing Data Broker Registration Regime and Imposing Prohibitions on Sensitive Data Sales

France moves a step closer to banning under-15s from social media

Incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham scraps digital ID scheme