Log-in lookout: Verosint CTO details how adaptive identity proofing curbs account fraud

AI, Okta, Chrome, Quantum, Kaiser Permanente, FTC, FCC, NCSC, Josh Marpet, and more, are on this edition of the Security Weekly News.

SiliconAngle reports that more robust high-risk identity threat discovery and response efforts are being aimed by enterprise identity protection startup Semperis with its new machine learning-based Lightning Identity Runtime Protection identity threat detection and response service.

The UK has become the first country worldwide to prohibit Internet of Things device manufacturers from using default usernames and passwords in their products following the approval of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure act, which seeks to bolster smart device cybersecurity, The Hacker News reports.