Digital Identity stories

Australia’s Essential Eight has become the cyber benchmark, but clinging to basic compliance leaves organisations exposed to identity-led threats.

Ping Identity unveils Universal Services, a central trust layer to bring continuous ID verification to fragmented identity systems.

Ping Identity has launched Universal Services, a continuous trust layer to combat AI-driven fraud and secure risky interactions beyond login.

Betsson adopts Group-IB’s real-time fraud tech to counter rising account takeovers, bonus abuse and payment scams across its platforms.

PEXA launches PEXA Clear AML tool for Australian property sector, ahead of new AUSTRAC Tranche 2 rules starting 1 July 2026.

Yubico warns EU financial firms that DORA-era resilience demands phish-resistant passkeys, not passwords and legacy MFA still rife in banks.

Governments worldwide tighten social media age checks for children, fuelling demand for privacy-friendly facial age estimation tools.

YAP Global appoints Otto Jacobsson as CEO, signalling expansion and a broader service mix as the crypto and digital assets sector matures.

BioCatch warns AI shopping agents will turbocharge online fraud, urging banks and retailers to distinguish helpful bots from criminal misuse.

Hayo upgrades its National Mobile Registry with real-time tools to detect SIM swap fraud, stolen phones and illegal devices on networks.

Microsoft again tops global phishing brand list as attackers increasingly mimic big tech services to steal cloud and consumer credentials.

One Identity’s Manager 10.0 adds AI-driven threat response, risk-based governance and a new browser interface to tackle identity attacks.

OpenText warns 2026 will bring an AI‑driven identity crisis, deepfake-fuelled scams and decision overload that many firms are not ready for.

Select ID becomes UK’s only dedicated identity orchestration network with DIATF status and ISO 27001, boosting reusable digital IDs for finance.

Designer Kids Club launches ReLuxe Story, using Digital Product Passports to track luxury childrenswear from first purchase to resale.

Ping Identity appoints former Slack executive Adnan Chaudhry as chief revenue officer to drive global go-to-market amid AI identity boom.

Kyowon outage and an Instagram bug expose entrenched identity security gaps across APAC, from credential hygiene to privileged access.

Infobip named a growth and innovation leader in Frost & Sullivan’s latest CPaaS report, praised for cross-channel AI-driven communications.

Ping Identity snaps up Keyless to add privacy-preserving biometrics and fight AI-driven deepfakes and account takeover attacks.

Madhya Pradesh will digitise up to 50 million university records on Open Campus’s EDU Chain in an 18-month blockchain credential push.