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SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 31, 2022– Authentic IDthe leading provider of identity verification and fraud prevention solutions, announces a 186% increase in annual revenue year over year, making 2021 the most successful year ever for the company. AuthenticID’s digital identity technology is 100% automated and powered by its proprietary machine learning platform, …
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Read More »As NFT Scams Rise, NFT Insurance Hits the Market
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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has published an open API standard to support and facilitate the development and implementation of interoperable radar detection systems which, like NFC-enabled technologies, can be used to add contactless and hands-free functionality to devices across a wide range of use cases. The standard – known …
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Check Point Research (CPR) revealed how scammers modify smart contracts to create fraudulent tokens. They then use methods to “pull” money from people with modified smart contracts, which leads to money theft. The findings come after CPR’s cryptocurrency research last October, where the research firm identified crypto wallet theft on …
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Credential stuffing has quickly become one of the main vectors of online attacks, according to New York State Attorney General Letitia James (OAG). On January 6, 2022, the OAG announced the result of a major investigation which found that 1.1 million online accounts had been compromised through credential stuffing accounts …
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In an effort to further facilitate payment services, Paytm today announced the launch of ‘Tap to Pay’ which allows users to make instant payments through their registered Paytm card by simply tapping their phone on a PoS machine. . The service can be used even if the phone is locked …
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) on Wednesday admitted for the first time that hackers were diverting Pennsylvanians’ unemployment compensation checks into fraudulent accounts and that the new The state unemployment benefit system did not use common security. measure, which cybersecurity experts have called …
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Chipmaker NVIDIA announced Tuesday, January 4 that a free version of its Omniverse is available to millions of NVIDIA Studio creators using GeForce RTX and NVIDIA RTX graphics processing units (GPUs). “With Omniverse, NVIDIA’s real-time 3D design and virtual world simulation collaboration platform, artists, designers and creators can use leading …
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At CES 2022 this week, lockmaker Schlage announced it is launching the first lock in North America to support Apple’s home key. The Schlage Encode Plus Smart WiFi Deadbolt is an updated version of the popular Schlage Encode WiFi smart lock, adding an NFC chip for Home Key function, as …
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania’s new unemployment system allows hackers to steal applicants’ checks without a measure that a cybersecurity expert says “prevents 99.9% of attacks on your accounts,” according to the stories from two claimants about how their accounts were hacked. Last week, a viewer who asked not to …
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STPayBio, the proof of concept at the heart of STPay-Topaz-Bio biometric system-on-card platform, has just won a CES 2022 innovation award. The award celebrates technology as the foundation of fingerprint bank cards, opening up consumers and financial institutions to a new form of payment. However, the mechanisms go far beyond …
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The liquidators of hacked cryptocurrency firm Cryptopia have spent nearly $ 15 million and still have a long way to go. Christchurch-based Cryptopia ran an international cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked in January 2019 during one of New Zealand’s biggest robberies. About $ 24 million from the exchange’s $ 250 …
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On December 20, the Packers became the first NFL team to land a playoff berth. With our victory over the Ravens (combined with a loss to the Vikings), we won the NFC North Championship for the third year in a row. Winning the division guarantees us at least one home …
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PITTSBURGH – Unprecedented fraud and identity theft causes significant delays for unemployment beneficiaries in Pennsylvania. More than 30 people have contacted 11 investigators in the past few days, desperate for answers as to why their unemployment claims are not being paid. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry says fraud …
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After the inauguration ceremony in October 2021 of the new copper smelter of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) in the Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (SEZ JIIPE) Special Economic Zone in Gresik, East Java, second new copper smelter project is also progressing PT Amman Mineral Industri (AMIN) recently entered into …
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Read More »6 Best Identity Theft Protection Services of January 2022 | Personal finance
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The National Labor Relations Board, an independent US federal agency that oversees union activity and workers’ rights, on Monday (December 27th) launched a invitation the public to submit briefs indicating whether the agency should reconsider its standard for determining workers’ independent contractor status. This extensive consultation stems from an individual …
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In September 2019, despite calls from many players in the hospitality and travel (H&T) sectors to delay its implementation, PSD2 legislation requiring two-factor authentication (2FA) entered into force in the EU and UK. The hospitality industry seeks to adapt its payment processes under PSD2 Intended to be a leap forward …
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When we think of cyber attacks or data breaches, one of the first things that comes to our mind is information theft from people in C-suite. But how can a CEO or CFO be held accountable if they aren’t even aware of what’s going on? It’s simple, c-suites shouldn’t have …
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Executives at a medium-sized Bengaluru-based IT company wondered why the coder they had recently hired refused to participate in video calls. The project manager found this strange since the candidate had appeared in front of the camera during the interviews during his recruitment. When staff were called back to the …
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Huawei unveiled the P50 Pocket with the Snapdragon 888 SoC and a flawless foldable display. At the same time, the company introduced the Watch D which we have been hearing about for a few weeks. According to GSM Arena, the Huawei Watch D has a 1.64 “AMOLED color touchscreen display …
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THIEVES and hackers are stepping up their efforts to steal taxpayer money and data this Christmas season by posing as IRS officials in elaborate phishing scams. In a statement, the IRS said that “the combination of holiday shopping season, upcoming tax season and the pandemic creates additional opportunities for criminals …
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The Biden administration adopts an industry-derived crypto standard that promises to make passwords a thing of the past. Federal Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha has raised some lingering doubts about the standard’s suitability for government use as federal agencies scramble to implement an executive order imposing a new âzero trustâ …
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According to the latest report from the IMARC group, the title “Identity Verification Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity, and Forecast 2021-2026. The global identity verification market reached a value of XX Billion US $ in 2020. Going forward, IMARC Group expects the market to grow at a …
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If you are looking to connect with, support, educate, and learn more about your audience, then connected packaging / experiences are the best way to do this. Technologies like QR, NFC and Bluetooth allow brands to transform their products, packaging, retail space into marketing channels. Each technology is optimized for …
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D-Keine / iStock.com Bitcoin and its cryptocurrency brethren were all the rage in 2021, and a record number of investors are now caught in the excitement. And while the critics raise many interesting questions about the long-term viability of crypto, it is undeniable that vast fortunes have been made by …
Read More »LG Electronics’ Innovative System Can Start Cars Using Facial Recognition
LG Electronics’ innovative on-board camera system can recognize the driver and other passengers and detect their finger movements. LG Electronics has developed an innovative on-board camera system capable of recognizing the driver and other passengers and of detecting their gestures and movements of their fingers. The company believes its patented …
Read More »TSA to begin rolling out support for Apple Wallet credentials in February 2022
At WWDC in June, Apple unveiled its ambitious plans to allow users in participating states to store their credentials in the Wallet app. This feature was originally slated to launch this year, but was ultimately delayed until 2022. Now the Transportation Security Administration – or TSA – has announced that …
Read More »Packers Look for the Best NFC Seeds | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo of AP Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones (33) celebrates his touchdown with teammate Tyler Davis (84) against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore. Now that they’ve clinched their third straight NFC North title, the Green Bay Packers can focus on winning the conference’s first seed and …
Read More »US security watchdogs wipe out Google, Meta’s submarine cable • The Register
Security agencies in the United States have recommended that the FCC approve the commissioning of a mega submarine cable from the United States to APAC, the Pacific Light Cable Network, after Google and Meta signed an agreement promising to restrict Chinese company Pacific Light Data Communications. Co Ltd.’s “access to …
Read More »Thales: the first Polish biometric card developed by Thales in the hands of customers
The first Polish biometric card developed by Thales reaches customers ⢠Since December 20, the first EMV biometric cards from Poland have reached the customers of Bank Pocztowy. Payment is only made after the biometric verification of the cardholder’s fingerprint.⢠The use of biometric authentication in a contactless payment card …
Read More »3 steps for better asset management in healthcare
In Part 1 of this series, we identified the many challenges of good asset management in healthcare. In part two, we cover solutions to help hospitals and healthcare systems improve asset management and medical device security. With the proliferation of connected IoT and OT devices in hospitals, asset management – …
Read More »NFL playoff photo: standings, wild card race, scheduled clashes as Week 15 unfolds
The home stretch of the 2021 NFL season has arrived, as we are 14 weeks into the Rams’ Monday night win over the Cardinals. You know what that means: The playoff image is starting to take shape. And both conferences are teeming with fiery battles for the combined 14 playoff …
Read More »Large-scale facial biometrics deployments, ID document plan details revealed
A series of major biometric projects, deployments and investments have been unveiled in the most read articles on Biometric update this week, including a passport rollout and multiple issuance extensions, and a World Bank loan to the Philippines. Positive contract details for Infineon and Idemia have come to light, while …
Read More »Mean time to detection (MTTD)
Mean time to detection (MTTD), also known as mean time to identification (MTTI), is one of the main key performance indicators of incident management. MTTD refers to the average (average) time it takes for the organization to discover or detect an incident. The MTTD formula is shown below: A shorter …
Read More »The Internet Computer Roadmap Guide: 25 Motion Proposals Describing New Areas for Crypto Innovation | by DFINITY | The Internet Computer Review | Dec. 2021
TThe Internet Computer blockchain is constantly upgrading without the need for hard forks and network disruption. The Network Nervous System (NNS) is the tokenized autonomous governance system that makes this possible, by controlling the Internet computer in a completely open, unauthorized and decentralized manner. By staking ICP utility tokens in …
Read More »Should retailers pay consumers to keep returns?
The average return costs retailers two-thirds of the original price (ouch!). This is due to factors like labor, freight, and warehouse costs – all invisible to the consumer (minus a package’s tracking information, perhaps). The price tag is astronomical: over $ 66 billion in product returns will flow back into …
Read More »PseudoManuscrypt Malware Targeting Government and ICS Systems in 2021
A group with similar tactics, techniques and procedures to North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has targeted government and privacy industry computers through 2021, putting the focus on industrial control systems (ICS), security firm Kaspersky said in a December 16 brief. As of November 10, the unassigned group had targeted more than …
Read More »Grabba and Todaq Jointly Launch Decentralized Biometric Credentials SDK
Mobile biometrics provider Grabba and credentials and access management provider Todaq launched the jointly developed decentralized digital identity product GOTO in the Red Hart Marketplace to help developers integrate biometric life and peer-to-peer verifications into their systems and applications. GOTO is delivered as a SDK and an authenticator app, which …
Read More »Amazon Product Manager Stephen Benedict Joins ID.me as Product Manager | State
MCLEAN, Virginia, December 16, 2021 / PRNewswire / – ID.me, the secure digital identity network with more than 66 million members, announced today Stephen benedict joined ID.me as Chief Product Officer. Benedict’s track record as a product leader and technology innovator with a focus on personalization will accelerate ID.me’s mission …
Read More »Best mesh routers in 2021: Index: HUAWEI WiFi Mesh 7 is our favorite choice for its fantastic performance – News
WiFi Router Guide: Here’s Why We Think The HUAWEI WiFi Mesh 7 Is The Best Mesh Router You Can Buy In UAE This Year With the growing trends of flexible, remote and mobile working, homes have become places of work. Working from home saves people time on daily commutes and …
Read More »Prevent Cyber Attacks on Your Home and Business
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Earlier this week, a Virginia legislative agency was hit by a ransomware attack. These are unfortunately more and more common, from the government to the Colonial Pipeline. We spoke with local experts on how to keep yourself safe and your workplace safe as cybercriminals get smarter …
Read More »President Alvi declares One Window Ehsaas Center the first of its kind in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi praised the Ehsaas program team during their visit to the One Window Ehsaas center at Sitara market in Islamabad on Wednesday and said the service is the first of its kind in history from the country. The Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (SAPM) for Poverty Reduction …
Read More »Organizations Plan MFA and Biometrics Deployments to Address Late Approaches
According to a new study published by BIO-key and Osterman Research, many organizations have yet to deploy highly secure multi-factor authentication, such as biometrics, which even their own IT departments consider robust. Over 290 security and IT professionals from midsize and large enterprises were surveyed, resulting in a white paper …
Read More »Israeli supermarket chain to deploy digital-free self-checkout ‘smart carts’ • NFCW
INTELLIGENT SHOPPING: The supermarket trolley provides customers with personalized offers via the large touchscreen Customers of Machsanei Hashuk supermarkets across Israel will soon be able to select and place the items they wish to purchase in a self-service ‘smart cart’, receive personalized recommendations, product information and promotions via a screen …
Read More »Hybrid work is dead, long live “work”
As 2022 approaches, work will no longer be distinguished by where an employee (or student) works or learns. Working from anywhere, on any device, will just be “work”. This paradigm shift on the future of work is having ripple effects for employees, students and IT departments in all sectors of …
Read More »Sumsub introduces selfie biometrics to the SME market with a new service
Sumsub is launching a new set of services to give small and medium-sized businesses an easy way to embrace selfie biometrics for remote identity verification. Meanwhile, announcements continue to pour in from across the market segment, with Onfido signing a DeFi platform and new honors for Socure and Shufti Pro. …
Read More »Elyctis readers play a key role in verifying electronic identity documents, making the European Covid green pass more secure
European Covid Green Pass is checked and identity is verified using an Elyctis reader at the entrance to a place in the Netherlands Alexandre Joly, CEO of Elyctis, said: “Checking a barcode offline without identity verification is an incredibly light step on the part of the European authorities. We are …
Read More »EDOM technology: new 13.56 MHz wireless power chipset from ROHM up to 1W
Provide wireless charging and communication functions with a single chipset The ROHM LAPIS Technology group company has developed a chipset capable of delivering up to 1W of wireless power for compact and streamlined portable devices, and for a smart, miniaturized and sealed industrial solution. The ML7661 (transmitter) and ML7660 (receiver) …
Read More »Facebook users blocked on their accounts can use Meta’s live chat feature
Facebook has unveiled a slew of new features and improvements in recent times. Meta has started testing a new feature long requested by English speaking users around the world, including artists whose access to their accounts has been blocked. Representation image STRONG POINTS Meta is testing live chat support for …
Read More »How can small businesses verify suppliers and mitigate risks at the enterprise level?
Business inefficiencies exist in almost every market, wasting resources and, more importantly, missed income opportunities. With over 32.5 million small businesses in the United States, business owners have no time to waste and must look for ways to reduce credit risk while increasing income to achieve overall business success. However, …
Read More »Is Paxos the new Diem?
Facebook’s controversial Novi stablecoin wallet has just debuted on WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service with 2 billion customers. The ability to send stable payments through WhatsApp, the world’s largest messaging service, is limited to certain US customers, not New Yorkers, for example. The social media giant now known as Meta …
Read More »iDenfy provides remote integration technology for JobHireHub
Lithuanian identity verification experts iDenfy have announced a partnership with the freelance recruiting platform JobHireHub with the aim of making it easier for its clients to authenticate the identity of freelancers they wish to hire remotely and more secure. Through the new partnership, JobHireHub will use iDenfy’s predominantly facial recognition-based …
Read More »More than 4 crore of fake ration cards canceled during the period 2014 to 2021
As part of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), electronic point of sale (ePoS) devices in Fair Price stores (FPS) are operated by FPS resellers. In addition, to ensure the regular delivery of subsidized food grains to disabled and elderly National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries without any other adult …
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