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How open standards are reshaping Colombia's digital identity stack
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1071+ words) Colombia's five-day verifiable credentials bootcamp in Bogot" may have looked like a small technical exercise. In reality, it represented the latest step in the country's effort to transform an existing digital identity system into a broader digital public infrastructure built…...
Germany moves to allow police facial recognition searches of online images
1+ day, 7+ min ago (703+ words) Europe's largest internet industry association, eco, has warned against Germany's plan to allow its law enforcement agencies to run automated biometric searches against publicly accessible online images to identify suspects, calling the new proposals a "blueprint for digital mass surveillance....
As identity infrastructure scales, governance becomes the differentiator
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (541+ words) The UK government's self-inflicted digital ID quandary is instructive when it comes to public trust: it is not achievable by fiat. An existing system built on independent certification is already doing a lot of the work that the public doesn't…...
Swissbit combines FIDO and physical access control in single security key with NXP
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (323+ words) Swissbit is combining FIDO authentication with MIkron FARE Collection System (MIFARE) Digital Encryption Standard " Fast Innovative Reliable Enhanced, Evolution 3 (DESFire EV3) in a single security key with the help of chip maker NXP Semiconductors to ease combined logical and physical access…...
Next Biometrics CFO steps down amid financial struggles
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (497+ words) Next Biometrics" Chief Financial Officer Eirik Underthun is stepping down, the company revealed on Thursday. The announcement comes amid the Norwegian fingerprint sensor maker"s poor financial performance, with shares down 90 percent this year on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Underthun…...
Inside the injection attack detection market
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (266+ words) The threat landscape for biometric and digital identity systems is shifting fast. Injection attacks " which manipulate biometric systems through virtual cameras, synthetic media, and tampered data streams " are growing more sophisticated with generative AI, and conventional defenses aren't enough. The…...
Report finds synthetic identity fraud becoming biggest fraud threat in 2026
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (474+ words) Synthetic identity fraud is fast becoming one of the biggest threats facing financial institutions, according to new research from Mitek Systems and Datos Insights. The study finds the problem is growing quickly and getting harder to stop, with executives revealing…...
Yoti presses universities for evidence, weighs legal action over age assurance paper
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (530+ words) Yoti has escalated its dispute with academics from Georgia Tech and UC Irvine, sending a second letter pressing the universities to determine whether the researchers can substantiate allegations that its age assurance platform shares users" facial images and other personal…...
Europe moves to secure sovereign cybersecurity and chips
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (503+ words) Europe's push for sovereignty over its digital systems has new developments in cybersecurity and semiconductor manufacturing. New initiatives from Palo Alto Networks, Deutsche Telekom, Global Foundries and Qualinx show how the continent is moving to operational sovereignty. Palo Alto Networks…...
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (236+ words) Istanbul, Turkey October 13, 2026 With 240+ attendees, 40+ speakers, IFINTEC 2025 Conference was organized very successfully. An intensive participation is expected to the IFINTEC 2026 Conference from Turkey and many other countries. IFINTEC 2026 Conference is an unmissable conference. IFINTEC Conference serves a platform at where…...