Why AI Threat Models In Finance Must Follow The Data, Not The Code

For financial institutions, threat modeling must shift away from diagrams focused purely on code to a life cycle view ...
The Manila Times

New Agentic AI Course for Engineers and Developers Taught by Top FAANG Tech Professionals: Interview Kickstart's AI Agents Program 2026

One organization responding to this shift is Interview Kickstart, which has introduced the Agentic AI Course for Engineers and Developers and senior tech professionals. A 14-week training program ...
Devdiscourse

AI-driven fraud detection promises accuracy with accountability

Explainable AI plays a central role in validating model behavior. Using established explainability techniques, the study examines which financial variables drive fraud predictions. The results show a ...
Forbes

Five Steps Financial Firms Can Take To Combat AI-Driven Phone Fraud

In 2026, business leaders, especially in the finance sector, face an increasingly threatening fraud landscape shaped by generative AI. In fact, Deloitte estimates losses from fraud for US banks is ...
Wall Street Journal

Invictus Growth Partners Acquires AI-Based Fraud Detection Company

Invictus Growth Partners has made a $63 million growth-equity investment to take control of Informed.IQ, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered verification and fraud prevention services to ...
The Hacker News

New VVS Stealer Malware Targets Discord Accounts via Obfuscated Python Code

VVS Stealer is a Python-based malware sold on Telegram that steals Discord tokens, browser data, and credentials using heavy ...
Hosted on MSN

This UPS unit is testing AI to detect fraud in holiday returns

The CEO of Happy Returns, a UPS-owned company that processes boxless returns, explains how they are testing an AI fraud detection tool this holiday season with a handful of clients including apparel ...
Dark Reading

Copilot's No-Code AI Agents Liable to Leak Company Data

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are a breeze to create using Microsoft Copilot Studio, and almost just as easy to manipulate into divulging sensitive corporate data. Despite broad security ...
The Bakersfield Californian

Real PC Unveils Groundbreaking Fraud Detection Pilot Results: Bringing Blockchain Accountability and AI-Powered Trust to the $1.8 Trillion Private Credit Market

Real PC, an innovative financial technology startup today announced the successful launch of its pilot program focused on preventing fraud in private credit transactions. Leveraging a powerful ...
Reuters

UPS company deploys AI to spot fakes amid surge in holiday returns

LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Nearly one in every 10 retail items that are returned for a refund in the U.S. is fraudulent, according to a UPS-owned reverse logistics company that says it plans to ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...