cybersecurity

Telefónica Cybersecurity Employee Praised for Exemplary Work Ethic

Telefónica Cybersecurity Employee Praised for Exemplary Work Ethic

• Digital ID

Clara Vélez of the Identity Management team in Cybersecurity Operations at Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech has chosen to honour her colleague and close friend, Antonio Rueda. She nominated him for his strong work ethic and steadfast commitment. Vélez’s nomination further cements Rueda’s pursuit of excellence and the overall impact...

Shadow IT: The Security Gap Banks Don't Want You to Know About

Shadow IT: The Security Gap Banks Don't Want You to Know About

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In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, financial institutions face a growing threat from an often-overlooked source: shadow IT. Shadow IT is when employees use applications, devices, and cloud services that their company’s IT department has not sanctioned. This can create security vulnerabilities and compliance concerns. Crackdown on Unauthorized Applications While...

MFA Isn't Enough: Why Banks Still Fail at Identity Security

MFA Isn't Enough: Why Banks Still Fail at Identity Security

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MFA is a pillar of modern security. As a result, it’s always a great gatekeeper, always guarding sensitive data and systems. The reality is far more nuanced. Despite widespread implementation, breaches continue to occur, highlighting that MFA, while valuable, is not the silver bullet many believe it to be. This...

Cerby CEO Urges Banks to Address Identity Verification Gaps

Cerby CEO Urges Banks to Address Identity Verification Gaps

• Digital ID

Belsasar Lepe, co-founder and CEO of Cerby is a strong proponent for improving digital identity security, especially in the world of banking. Among a multitude of challenges, Lepe highlights the key imperative to protect nonstandard applications that have been historically ignored by conventional identity providers. With Cerby's recent $40 million...

Metaverse Identity Crisis? 3 AM Fraud Spikes Expose the Threat

Metaverse Identity Crisis? 3 AM Fraud Spikes Expose the Threat

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The metaverse. We’re sold on the digital frontier, the new reality full of potential. Think about it: new ways to connect, create, and even earn a living. Is this glitzy new universe really constructed on a base of sand? We’re starting to think so, and the 3 AM fraud spike...

Is Your Crypto Safe? 10 Identity Theft Stats That Will Shock You

Is Your Crypto Safe? 10 Identity Theft Stats That Will Shock You

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The allure of DeFi. The siren song of NFTs. After all, who isn’t excited about the promise of decentralized finance? The allure of high returns, new technology, and a financial system liberated from the old world’s limitations is highly seductive. Here's the cold, hard truth that many in the crypto...

ID Theft in 2025: Shocking Stats & How to Protect Yourself

ID Theft in 2025: Shocking Stats & How to Protect Yourself

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Digital today provides such amazing convenience and connectivity that we are all responding to that. It opens us up to the most insidious and advanced forms of identity theft. Approaching 2025, the landscape of threats is evolving rapidly. Facilitated by recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of...

Metaverse's Dark Secret Digital ID Could Save Us From Online Anarchy

Metaverse's Dark Secret Digital ID Could Save Us From Online Anarchy

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Picture this—entering a universe where the only boundaries are those of your creativity. That’s the lure of the metaverse – a limitless virtual landscape full of potential. Imagine being able to enjoy a concert experience with friends from across the globe, in real time. Create a digital business dynasty or...

This is How Identity Theft in the Metaverse Will Ruin Your Life

This is How Identity Theft in the Metaverse Will Ruin Your Life

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The metaverse. A vibrant, thriving future of technicolor digital connection and creativity, innovation and digital commerce. We're told it's the future. What if that future is built on quicksand. In such a world, your identity would be at risk of becoming just as impermanent—and in the wrong hands—as a line...

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5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

Calloutcoin.com aspires to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving marketplace of blockchain and crypto. We provide rigorous research on NFT standards, metaverse technology, digital identity solutions and the most recent DeFi innovations. Today, it's time to dive into Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) NFTs, a unique way to...

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories