Cybersecurity

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Revolut’s AI Outperforms Human Reviewers at Detecting Financial Crime
May 27, 2026

For decades, catching financial crime meant hiring more people to review more alerts. Most of those alerts turned out to be nothing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Security Chief Warns of AI’s Outsized Threat to DeFi
May 27, 2026

OpenZeppelin’s CEO says AI coding agents have put the decentralized finance (DeFi) space in danger. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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Gambit Says Speed of AI-Powered Cyberattacks Drives Need for Cyber Resilience
May 26, 2026

Recent cyberattacks conducted by a persona linked to Iran demonstrate the speed with which artificial intelligence-enhanced attacks can be carried out, according to cyber resilience platform supplier Gambit. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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IAPS Recommends Federal Action to Secure Frontier AI Models From Theft
May 26, 2026

The cyber capabilities of Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 show that there is a need for the government to develop a policy response that addresses the risks around frontier artificial intelligence models while promoting secure innovation, according to the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy...

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BNP Paribas and Mistral Team to Prep for Mythos-Related Threats
May 26, 2026

French bank BNP Paribas has reportedly launched a cybersecurity collaboration with partners including AI startup Mistral. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Quantum and AI Are Breaking Trust Everywhere at Once
May 22, 2026

The Connected Economy has relied on a few supposedly stable assumptions as it scaled. One of the most crucial was that if systems could authenticate users, encrypt communications and validate transactions, trust would scale alongside connectivity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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EU Consumer Group Says Tech Giants Failed to Block Scam Ads
May 21, 2026

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), a consumer group in the European Union, said in a Thursday (May 21) press release that Google, Meta and TikTok did not protect consumers from scams. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Apple Says App Store Shut Down 1 Billion Fake Accounts in 2025
May 20, 2026

Apple’s App Store prevented $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

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Verizon Report Warns of AI-Fueled Social Engineering Surge
May 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of cybercrime, giving scammers and fraudsters a faster way to scale attacks that companies already struggle to stop. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...