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Google’s cybersecurity organizations said Friday (June 5) that data theft extortion groups are targeting professional, legal and financial services organizations by impersonating IT support. These groups are posing as IT technicians remotely and in person, Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group wrote in a Friday blog post.
Opal Security, the AI-native access governance platform for every identity, today announced $23 million in new funding alongside five senior leadership appointments.
The U.S. technology corporation recently launched digital IDs in Brazil, India, Taiwan and the UK and is now preparing to deploy ID passes to select European Union states this summer. Users in Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France and Italy will be able to scan their passports to create a digital pass in Google Wallet.
Danish citizens have been granted control to verify themselves digitally and prove their age via the official new ID app, AltID. AltID is not expected to replace Denmark’s landscape of digital public tools such as MitID, Rejsekort, or the digital health card, but it will work with the existing MitID system.
The feature is rolling out globally in Phone by Google to Android 12+ devices this month, starting with Pixel devices.
Identity Gateway, built on Microsoft Azure, addresses this by providing organisations with a single, standardised API and commercial framework through which they can connect to multiple government-backed and regulated private digital identity schemes.
Equifax UK and Biuro Informacji Kredytowej (BIK), Poland's primary credit bureau, have announced a partnership to expand access to identity verification and fraud prevention services for clients in Poland, the UK, and beyond.
Teylor uses IDnow’s AI-driven and video-assisted identity verification services to instantly and securely identify SME owners applying for financing.
Across 2025 and 2026, the five hardest hit were dating, online media, financial services, crypto, and professional services, with dating and online media each at a 6.3% fraud rate. Banking faces a rising tide of deepfakes and AI-generated paperwork that wears down old verification, leaving the industry little choice but to adopt sharper detection or gamble with customers and system integrity.
Vonage, an early leader in operationalizing telecom network data for enterprise use cases, is one of the first companies worldwide to deliver user verification leveraging network intent signals at scale.
UK-based Sumsub has announced the launch of a self-service Travel Rule product designed to enable crypto platforms to activate compliant crypto transfers without incurring implementation fees or undertaking lengthy technical onboarding.
Smartcomply is expanding into the UK with Adhere its AI powered anti money laundering know your customer and fraud detection platform for African payment corridors The Nigerian compliance
