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Friday, July 3, 2026

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3:59 PMPYMNTS

LexisNexis and Promon Help Brands Fight Rising Mobile App Fraud

Summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Promon formed an alliance to combine ThreatMetrix digital identity and device and behavioral intelligence with Promon Shield in-app protection and Promon Insight telemetry to reduce mobile app fraud. The package targets brands that need stronger defenses inside the app as fraud shifts to mobile channels.

Why it matters

As fraud migrates into mobile apps, vendors that can link identity signals with in-app integrity controls will set the baseline for how brands prevent account takeover and manipulation at scale.

7:15 AMSchneier on Security

Flock Cameras Can Surveil Cars Without License Plates

Summary

Flock markets a "Vehicle Fingerprint" feature that lets police search for vehicles using visual attributes like decals, bumper stickers, racks, and temporary tags, even when a license plate is missing or unreadable. The pitch is that officers can identify and track vehicles and link related activity with less initial information.

Why it matters

It lowers the friction to track vehicles at scale, weakening the practical privacy protection of not having or not capturing a license plate.

4:20 AMAl Jazeera

EU lawmaker investigating surveillance hacked by Israeli spyware, report says

Summary

Citizen Lab found that Pegasus spyware targeted Stelios Kouloglou, a former Greek MEP who worked on inquiries into unlawful surveillance. The case adds a new example of commercial spyware being used against political figures in Europe.

Why it matters

If investigators can be hacked with mercenary spyware, democratic oversight of surveillance becomes easier to sabotage and harder to enforce.

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