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Developing Story: 153 Million Driver’s License Records Reportedly Surface on the Dark Web

An identity-verification vendor may be at the center of a breach affecting 153 million driver’s licenses. Here’s what we know, and why “is this ID real?” is no longer the only question that matters.

By imper.ai

September 9, 2026

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North Korean IT Workers Go Mainstream: A 10-Week Media Roundup
North Korean IT Workers Go Mainstream: A 10-Week Media Roundup

Timeline of North Korean IT worker coverage moving from podcasts and government warnings to the FBI, The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.

imper.ai

August 20, 2026

You have been warned: eleven governments just put the North Korean IT worker threat on the record
You have been warned: eleven governments just put the North Korean IT worker threat on the record

You have been warned: eleven governments just put the North Korean IT worker threat on the record.

imper.ai

August 13, 2026

Vishing Hit a Retail Help Desk for a Month. The Tell Was Never in the Voice.
Vishing Hit a Retail Help Desk for a Month. The Tell Was Never in the Voice.

Three vishing case files from one month at a retail help desk: every call sounded fine, and every flag came from the signals underneath it, not the voice on it.

imper.ai

July 16, 2026

Why impersonation detection just became its own category
Why impersonation detection just became its own category

Impersonation attacks have moved beyond isolated incidents into a security category of their own. New Gartner research recognizes impersonation detection across both workforce identity and hiring, reflecting a growing problem that traditional identity verification alone wasn’t built to solve.

imper.ai

July 14, 2026

What the Gartner SRM Summit Confirmed About the Identity Attack Surface
What the Gartner SRM Summit Confirmed About the Identity Attack Surface

At Gartner SRM, one theme kept surfacing: organizations may have authentication covered, but identity is a different problem. Here’s what security leaders and new Gartner research revealed about the growing identity attack surface.

imper.ai

June 11, 2026

imper.ai Recognized in Redpoint’s 2026 InfraRed 100
imper.ai Recognized in Redpoint’s 2026 InfraRed 100

imper.ai is proud to announce we’ve been recognized in Redpoint Ventures’ 2026 InfraRed 100 list.

imper.ai

May 27, 2026

Vishing is the fastest-growing way attackers are breaking in. Most security stacks cannot see it
Vishing is the fastest-growing way attackers are breaking in. Most security stacks cannot see it

Voice phishing is the #1 initial infection vector for cloud compromises in 2025. Here is why the existing security stack misses it, and what closes the gap.

imper.ai

May 19, 2026

Hiring Fraud: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door of Your Workforce
Hiring Fraud: How Attackers Walk Through the Front Door of Your Workforce

DPRK operatives are now embedded inside Fortune 500 payroll systems, hired through standard recruiting pipelines using AI-assisted personas, fraudulent identities, and infrastructure designed to bypass every check HR was built to run.

imper.ai

May 12, 2026

How impersonation attacks succeed without fake content
How impersonation attacks succeed without fake content

Voice phishing is now the leading initial intrusion vector for cloud compromises and it’s routing around MFA through the help desk. Training doesn’t close the gap. Workforce identity verification does.

imper.ai

May 5, 2026

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