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18-10-2026 Vol 19

Category: Security

Active Authentication Helps Detect Copied Passport Chips

Supported passports can answer cryptographic challenges designed to distinguish a chip possessing its private key from a copy of its…

How the ICAO Public Key Directory Supports International Passport Checks

The directory facilitates the exchange of certificate information that participating authorities use to authenticate electronic travel documents. WASHINGTON, DC, October…

Why Electronic Passport Checks Still Need Physical Document Inspection

Chip verification complements examination of the booklet, security features and signs of alteration or substitution. WASHINGTON, DC, October 13, 2026 —…

How International Travel Can Bring an Unresolved Criminal Case Into Focus

Crossing a border may bring a wanted person into contact with authorities able to act on an international alert or…

Who Has the Authority to Arrest Someone Named in a Red Notice?

Authorized police and other law-enforcement officers act under the laws of the country where the person is located, while prosecutors…

Vanuatu’s E-Passport Upgrade Strengthens Document Security, but Cannot Repair Weak Citizenship Decisions

Contactless chips, biometric verification, and cryptographic signatures make passports harder to alter or counterfeit. Still, the technology authenticates a document…

What Vehicle Access Control Requires Beyond a Gate

Vehicle access control is frequently treated as a gate purchase when it is actually a systems problem spanning credentialing, detection,…

Why Security Is Becoming a Continuous Validation Problem

For years, software teams have relied on a familiar model of control. Code is written. Then it is reviewed. Then…

How scams are getting more personal

Fraudsters are using data, technology, and psychology to blur the line between deception and reality. Scams are changing shape. In…

AI Is Making Fraud Indistinguishable From Reality

For years, fraud followed a familiar pattern. It relied on small mistakes—awkward phrasing, poor grammar, suspicious requests—that gave people just…