Two technologies — one for public safety, one for controlled entry — show why trust in facial recognition must be earned, not assumed.
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Opti Raises $20 Million for Identity Security Platform
The cybersecurity startup plans to use the seed funding to accelerate product expansion and global growth.
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AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back
AI has given cybercriminals the ability to operate like Fortune‑500‑scale marketing departments—except their product is account takeover, data theft, and identity fraud.
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Apono Raises $34 Million for Cloud Identity Management Platform
The company will use the investment to accelerate product development, expand go-to-market operations, and hire new talent.
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ConductorOne Raises $79 Million in Series B Funding
Leveraging AI, ConductorOne’s platform secures and manages millions of human, non-human, and AI identities.
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Defakto Raises $30 Million for Non-Human IAM Platform
Defakto’s Series B funding, which brings the total raised to $50 million, was led by XYZ Venture Capital.
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Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension
The identity and access management provider will invest in agentic identity R&D, expand to new regions, and hire new talent.
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Hush Security Emerges Stealth With $11 Million to Eliminate Credential Threats With No-Secrets Platform
Tel Aviv–based startup replaces vaults and secrets managers with just-in-time policies, aiming to eliminate credentials entirely.
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Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users
The Midnight Blizzard cyberspies used compromised websites to trick users into authorizing devices they controlled.
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Passkey Login Bypassed via WebAuthn Process Manipulation
Researchers at enterprise browser security firm SquareX showed how an attacker can impersonate a user and bypass passkey security.
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