Cybersecurity

Ramp's reported $1B raise at a $60B valuation caps a week of nine-figure fintech rounds spanning payments, wealthtech and cross-sector VC.

Sumsub's Non-Doc Nordic eID Bundle unifies four national identity schemes under one contract, cutting compliance friction for businesses expanding across the region.

Scytale's new continuous vendor risk engine arrives as third-party breach involvement climbs 60% year-on-year, per Verizon's 2026 DBIR.

A phone-number intelligence firm and Google's co-founded fraud clearinghouse merge datasets to close the gaps scammers exploit across services.

NorthEdge's ninth tech exit hands Stockport-based cybersecurity distributor to Foresight, underlining regional PE appetite for security-channel plays.

Descope's Cross-App Access standard replaces static API keys with short-lived tokens, letting enterprises govern AI agents via existing identity providers.

Delinea's runtime authorisation push at GISEC signals a regional shift from AI access control to governing what agents actually do.

ASUS launches a MIL-STD-rated ChromeOS tablet aimed at shared device fleets in education, healthcare and retail.

Oslo startup Reggy goes public with a single-system compliance platform as European regulatory fines hit a record $19.3 billion in 2024.

From Spain's face-swap heist to a $17.7bn US fraud toll, AI is systematically dismantling biometric identity defences across sectors.

Bybit's H1 2026 security report shows AI-assisted defences stopping 30,000 suspicious withdrawals as crypto exchanges race attackers using the same tools.

California's DFPI penalises a Utah mortgage lender for cybersecurity failures that exposed 284,000 people to a 2023 ransomware attack.

A state-owned telecom manufacturer and India's largest private carrier join forces across cloud, IoT, 5G and cybersecurity.

EDGE Screen now combines cashflow bureau data with Socure identity signals to catch AI-generated fraud before a loan lead is priced.

An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.

Five US patents back a data-plane architecture that checks whether biometric evidence is genuine, not just whether the channel is secure.

Five US patents underpin a data-plane architecture that validates biometric evidence before cryptography ever acts on it.

Cloudflare's stablecoin wallets for AI agents arrive as UK regulators flag deceptive agent behaviour in cyber tests.

Aikido's on-prem AI pentesting box inside a Belgian state bank signals a new model for regulated-sector cyber defence.

A SIM-anchored authentication platform now spans AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, targeting a fraud wave costing US consumers $15.9bn in 2025.