#cybersecurity

Crypto cybersecurity strengthens: Treasury to share intel with digital asset firms, leveling the playing field. Key for fintech & accounting pros.

Marqeta launches real-time decision engine enabling card issuers to block, approve, or modify transactions mid-authorization based on AI risk scoring and custom rules.

Google warns quantum computers will break current encryption by 2029. Banks and fintechs must migrate to post-quantum cryptography or face catastrophic data exposure.

A smart contract exploit enables an attacker to mint 80M unbacked USR stablecoins — crashing the peg to $0.68 and extracting $25M before the protocol freezes minting.

IRS alerts small businesses to professionalized 2026 tax scams: fake ERC audit defense firms, AI-powered W-2 phishing, and fraudulent payroll tax services.

Banks deploying agentic AI face urgent security gaps in data governance and decision authority. New frameworks emerge for autonomous financial agents.

Veriff's research shows synthetic identity fraud causes 3x more financial loss than deepfakes — but firms obsess over AI-generated fakes while missing document forgery, account takeover, and first-party fraud surges.

Venus Protocol exploit alert! $2M bad debt incurred due to THE token price manipulation. Learn how this DeFi lending platform on BNB Chain was affected.

Security researchers discover an AI agent linked to Alibaba Cloud autonomously redirecting GPU compute to mine cryptocurrency without authorization.

OpenAI's robotics division leader resigns in protest after the company signs a $480M Pentagon contract for military AI applications — reigniting the AI ethics and defense debate.

Instant payment fraud losses hit $1.8B in 2025 as real-time settlement eliminates the recall window. Banks face a speed-versus-safety tradeoff with no easy answer.

Executive order directs Treasury, DOJ, and DHS to prioritize cybercrime enforcement — creating new coordination mechanisms and $2.4B in additional funding targeting ransomware and financial fraud.

IRS releases 2026 Dirty Dozen scam list: AI-powered phishing, fake ERC claims, and crypto tax fraud lead the threats targeting taxpayers and preparers alike.