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Samsung Introduces Future-Ready Mobile Security for Personalized AI Experiences

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July 7, 2025

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a new set of security and privacy updates rolling out with its upcoming Samsung Galaxy smartphones with One UI 8. These updates reinforce Samsung’s commitment to delivering powerful, trusted mobile technology in a rapidly evolving digital world by introducing new protections for on-device AI, expanding cross-device threat detection and enhancing network security with quantum-resistant encryption.

Next-Generation Mobile Security for AI Personalization

Samsung is introducing Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP), a new architecture designed to safeguard the next generation of personalized, AI-powered features, as its latest innovation in mobile security. KEEP creates encrypted, app-specific storage environments within the device’s secure storage area, ensuring that each app can access only its own sensitive information and nothing more.

Supporting Galaxy’s Personal Data Engine (PDE), KEEP helps secure a user’s deeply personal insights – such as routines and preferences – that enable features like Now Brief and Smart Gallery search. These insights stay entirely on-device, protected by KEEP and further secured by Knox Vault, Samsung’s tamper-resistant hardware security environment. The result is a seamless foundation for Galaxy AI that delivers personalized intelligence while keeping data tightly contained and under the user’s control.

KEEP’s system-level structure allows it to scale across Galaxy AI innovations. In addition to PDE, it now protects Now Brief, Smart Suggestions and other on-device features that rely on user-specific inputs – enabling more advanced AI experiences without compromising privacy. With KEEP, Samsung is redefining how mobile devices safeguard data in the background to elevate privacy from a setting to an embedded design principle.

Smarter, More Connected Threat Response with Knox Matrix

As AI becomes more integrated across the ecosystem, Samsung is advancing protections that offer not just stronger security, but greater transparency and control for users, with Knox Matrix leading the way. Through One UI 8, Samsung is evolving Knox Matrix to deliver more proactive and user-friendly protection for connected Galaxy devices. When a device is flagged for serious risk – such as system manipulation or identity forgery – it is designed to automatically sign out of the Samsung Account, cutting off access to cloud-connected services to prevent threats from spreading.

Users are notified across their connected Galaxy devices and guided to the ‘Security status of your devices’ page, where they can review the issue and take action. Even devices without the latest security status updates trigger a yellow-level warning, helping users respond before vulnerabilities grow.

Together, these updates make Samsung Galaxy’s ecosystem-level protection more dynamic, intuitive and visible, empowering users to maintain trust across all their devices with more confidence and clarity.

Secure Wi-Fi Strengthened with Quantum-Resistant Encryption

In continuation of its commitment to quantum-safe security, Samsung is bringing post-quantum cryptography to Secure Wi-Fi, extending the trusted approach first introduced on the Galaxy S25 series through Post-Quantum Enhanced Data Protection (EDP). Secure Wi-Fi is now being upgraded with a new cryptographic framework designed to strengthen network protection against emerging threats, particularly those anticipated in the era of quantum computing. This enhancement secures the key exchange process at the core of encrypted connections, helping ensure robust privacy even over public networks.

Quantum computing, once fully realized, could undermine many of today’s data protection methods. By integrating post-quantum cryptography, Secure Wi-Fi is built to withstand future attacks that capture encrypted data with the intent to break it once quantum technology matures – a tactic known as “harvest now, decrypt later.” This upgrade fortifies the secure tunnel between Galaxy devices and Samsung servers, reinforcing the integrity of data transmissions in high-risk environments like public Wi-Fi.

In addition to this future-ready foundation, Secure Wi-Fi offers a suite of advanced privacy features:

Auto Protect: Automatically activates in public places like cafés, airports or hotels, securing Wi-Fi connections without requiring user action.

Enhanced Privacy Protection (EPP): Encrypts internet traffic and routes it through multiple layers, combining packet encryption and relay to anonymize device information and help prevent tracking.

Protection Activity: Provides visibility into protection history by showing which apps and networks were secured and how much data was encrypted over time.

A Trusted Platform with Built-In Safeguards

In addition to its latest innovations, Samsung continues to strengthen the core protections that underpin the Galaxy experience. These features reflect a multi-layered security approach that protects across hardware and software, while giving users greater visibility and control:

Knox Vault secures sensitive credentials such as passwords, PINs and biometrics in a physically isolated environment, helping to keep them protected even if the main operating system is compromised.

Auto Blocker helps provide defense by default, blocking unauthorized app installs, restricting command-based attacks and mitigating risks from potential zero-click threats.

Advanced Intelligence Settings gives users the option to turn off online data processing for AI features, so personal information can stay on-device, fully under their control.

Enhanced Theft Protection helps protect personal data even in high-risk situations such as robbery, using safeguards like Identity Check and Security Delay to prevent unauthorized access.

This latest set of updates reinforces Samsung’s long-standing commitment to mobile security that evolves with innovation. It strengthens on-device privacy for personalized AI with KEEP, expands transparency and user control through Knox Matrix, and introduces quantum-resistant protection to Secure Wi-Fi for a more future-ready Galaxy experience. As new security challenges emerge, Samsung remains focused on delivering safeguards that are built in, always on and ready for what’s next.

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Alhamrani Universal, Stanchion Payments and INETCO team to fight payment fraud across the Middle East

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4 days ago

December 19, 2025

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As digital payments accelerate and financial crime grows increasingly sophisticated across the Middle East, Alhamrani Universal, Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech solutions provider, is strengthening regional payments security through the deployment of the INETCO BullzAI cyber-fraud prevention platform. Introduced through INETCO’s global partner, Stanchion Payments, this collaboration reflects a shared commitment to building a trusted, resilient and inclusive payment ecosystem that drives accessibility and economic growth.

Alhamrani Universal, the region’s largest ATM solution provider, plays a pivotal role in supporting Saudi Vision 2030 and advancing digital transformation – partnering with banks and merchants across the Middle East to deliver innovative payment experiences that are secure and seamless. With INETCO BullzAI, the company gains real-time visibility into every step of the transaction journey across self-service and digital channels, ensuring that every terminal is legitimate, every transaction is secure and every settlement is completed smoothly and reliably.

“INETCO BullzAI gives us real-time visibility across thousands of self-service and digital payment transactions – revealing which financial institutions and merchants are active, how transactions are performing and where suspicious behaviors or anomalies occur,” said Mario Rouhana, Chief Operation Officer at Alhamrani Universal. “By understanding the behavioral patterns of every user, terminal and device, we can scale our business with confidence, respond instantly to emerging threats and reinforce the trust our customers, partners and regulators place in Alhamrani Universal as a leader in secure digital transformation.”

According to the 2025 Global Digital Trust Insights report for the Middle East from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the rapid expansion of generative AI and cloud technologies has significantly increased the cyberattack surface for many of the region’s financial services companies, increasing their vulnerability and exposure to new and evolving threats. In fact, 15% of organisations surveyed reported breaches costing over $100,000 USD, while 13% suffered losses exceeding $1 million USD.

Alhamrani Universal’s decision to deploy INETCO BullzAI to monitor its evolving self-service and digital payments ecosystem was driven by the platform’s ability to:

Monitor every transaction in real-time with zero performance impact by providing visibility across all payment activity, eliminating network blind spots and safeguarding against unauthorised or unregistered terminals operating outside SAMA’s licensed ecosystem.
Deliver deeper payments intelligence and insights with full access to transaction message fields for flexible, no-code rule creation, adaptive behavioural modeling, increased detection accuracy and detailed reporting on transaction volumes, spending behavior and terminal activity.
Adapt instantly to new and evolving threats with self-training machine learning models that continuously analyze the behavioral patterns of individual users, terminals or devices, updating after every transaction to instantly detect and stop zero-day fraud attacks – without relying on external vendors or data scientists.
Stop fraud and cyber-attacks before they complete with a patented AI-powered transaction firewall that pre-emptively blocks high-risk terminals and non-compliant activity, preventing BIN attacks, malware, account takeovers, AI-driven bot attacks, and card-present/card-not-present fraud—all without disrupting legitimate transactions.

“As threat actors exploit new vulnerabilities, the financial, reputational and regulatory stakes are higher than ever,” said Steve Kirrage, CEO of Stanchion Payments. “To stay resilient and maintain trust, leaders like Alhamrani Universal are embedding real-time fraud prevention and stronger compliance into their strategy. Stanchion is proud to support solutions like INETCO BullzAI that align to our shared commitment to faster settlements, lower fraud losses and trusted digital payment experiences.”

“INETCO, together with partners like Stanchion, are helping financial institutions in more than 30 countries strengthen real-time fraud detection and prevention,” said Bijan Sanii, CEO and Founder of INETCO. “In rapidly digitizing markets across the Middle East, fraud attacks from online phishing scams to card-not-present schemes to account takeovers are evolving faster than legacy systems can respond. As these threats evolve, strategic innovators like Alhamrani Universal are setting a new standard for trust and resilience by embedding modern AI-driven protection to prevent zero-day fraud and ensure every transaction is fast, secure and reliable.”

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الحمـراني العالمية، وستانشيون بايمنتس، وفريق INETCO يتحالفون لمكافحة احتيال المدفوعات في الشرق الأوسط

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4 days ago

December 19, 2025

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مع تسارع وتيرة المدفوعات الرقمية وتزايد تعقيد الجرائم المالية في الشرق الأوسط، تعمل شركة الحمـراني العالمية، الرائدة في تقديم حلول التقنية المالية في المملكة العربية السعودية، على تعزيز أمن المدفوعات إقليميًا من خلال نشر منصة INETCO BullzAI للوقاية من الاحتيال الإلكتروني. ويعكس هذا التعاون، الذي تم تقديمه عبر الشريك العالمي لـ INETCO، شركة Stanchion Payments، التزامًا مشتركًا ببناء منظومة مدفوعات موثوقة ومرنة وشاملة، تدعم سهولة الوصول والنمو الاقتصادي.

وتُعد شركة الحمـراني العالمية أكبر مزود لحلول أجهزة الصراف الآلي في المنطقة، وتؤدي دورًا محوريًا في دعم رؤية السعودية 2030 وتعزيز التحول الرقمي، من خلال شراكاتها مع البنوك والتجار في جميع أنحاء الشرق الأوسط لتقديم تجارب دفع مبتكرة وآمنة وسلسة. وباستخدام منصة INETCO BullzAI، تحصل الشركة على رؤية فورية لكل خطوة في رحلة المعاملة عبر قنوات الخدمة الذاتية والقنوات الرقمية، بما يضمن شرعية كل جهاز، وأمن كل معاملة، وإتمام كل تسوية بسلاسة وموثوقية.

يقول ماريو روحانا، الرئيس التنفيذي للعمليات في شركة الحمراني العالمية: ” يمنحنا نظام INETCO BullzAI رؤية فورية لآلاف معاملات الدفع عبر الخدمة الذاتية والرقمية، حيث يكشف عن المؤسسات المالية والتجار النشطين، وكيفية أداء المعاملات، ومواقع السلوكيات المشبوهة أو الحالات الشاذة. ومن خلال فهم أنماط سلوك كل مستخدم وجهاز، نستطيع توسيع نطاق أعمالنا بثقة، والاستجابة الفورية للتهديدات الناشئة، وتعزيز ثقة عملائنا وشركائنا والجهات التنظيمية في شركة الحمراني العالمية كشركة رائدة في مجال التحول الرقمي الآمن.”

وبحسب تقرير Global Digital Trust Insights 2025 لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط الصادر عن برايس ووترهاوس كوبرز (PwC)، فإن التوسع السريع في تقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي التوليدي والحوسبة السحابية قد أدى إلى زيادة كبيرة من مساحة الهجمات السيبرانية لدى العديد من شركات الخدمات المالية في المنطقة، ما رفع من مستوى تعرضها لمخاطر وتهديدات جديدة ومتطورة. وقد أفادت 15% من الجهات المشاركة بتعرضها لاختراقات تجاوزت تكلفتها 100 ألف دولار أمريكي، فيما تكبدت 13% خسائر فاقت مليون دولار أمريكي.

وقد استند قرار شركة الحمراني العالمية باستخدام منصة INETCO BullzAI لمراقبة منظومة خدماتها الذاتية وأنظمة الدفع الرقمي المتطورة إلى قدرة المنصة على:

مراقبة كل معاملة لحظيًا دون أي تأثير على الأداء، عبر توفير رؤية شاملة لجميع أنشطة الدفع، وإزالة نقاط العمى الشبكية، والحماية من الأجهزة غير المصرح بها أو غير المسجلة التي تعمل خارج منظومة الترخيص التابعة للبنك المركزي السعودي (ساما).
توفير معلومات ورؤى أعمق للمدفوعات من خلال الوصول الكامل إلى حقول رسائل المعاملات لإنشاء قواعد مرنة دون كتابة أكواد، ونمذجة سلوكية تكيفية، ورفع دقة الاكتشاف، وإعداد تقارير تفصيلية عن أحجام المعاملات وسلوك الإنفاق ونشاط الأجهزة.
التكيف الفوري مع التهديدات الجديدة والمتطورة عبر نماذج تعلم آلي ذاتية التدريب تحلل باستمرار الأنماط السلوكية للمستخدمين والأجهزة، وتحدّث نفسها بعد كل معاملة لاكتشاف وإيقاف هجمات الاحتيال من اليوم صفر دون الاعتماد على موردين خارجيين أو علماء بيانات.
إيقاف الاحتيال والهجمات السيبرانية قبل اكتمالها باستخدام جدار حماية للمعاملات مدعوم بالذكاء الاصطناعي ومُسجّل ببراءة اختراع، يمنع استباقيًا الأجهزة عالية المخاطر والأنشطة غير المتوافقة، ويحول دون هجمات BIN والبرمجيات الخبيثة والاستيلاء على الحسابات وهجمات الروبوتات المدعومة بالذكاء الاصطناعي، وعمليات الاحتيال باستخدام البطاقة سواء كانت موجودة أو غير موجودة وذلك دون تعطيل المعاملات المشروعة.

وقال ستيف كيراج، الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة Stanchion Payments:

«مع استغلال الجهات المهدِّدة لثغرات جديدة، أصبحت المخاطر المالية والسمعة والامتثال التنظيمي أعلى من أي وقت مضى. وللحفاظ على المرونة وتعزيز الثقة، يدمج روادٌ مثل شركة الحمراني العالمية أنظمة منع الاحتيال في الوقت الفعلي وتعزيز الامتثال في استراتيجياتهم. وتفخر ستانشيون بدعم حلول مثل INETCO BullzAI التي تتماشى مع التزامنا المشترك بتسريع عمليات التسوية، وتقليل خسائر الاحتيال، وتوفير تجارب دفع رقمية موثوقة.

وقال بيجان ساني، الرئيس التنفيذي والمؤسس لشركة INETCO:

«تسهم INETCO، بالتعاون مع شركاء مثل Stanchion، في تمكين المؤسسات المالية في أكثر من 30 دولة في تعزيز الكشف والوقاية الفورية من الاحتيال. ففي الأسواق سريعة التحول الرقمي عبر الشرق الأوسط، تتطور هجمات الاحتيال من التصيد الإلكتروني إلى أنظمة الدفع بدون وجود البطاقة والاستيلاء على الحسابات بوتيرة أسرع من قدرة الأنظمة التقليدية على الاستجابة. ومع تطور هذه التهديدات، يضع مبتكرون استراتيجيون مثل الحمـراني العالمية معيارًا جديدًا للثقة والمرونة من خلال دمج حماية حديثة مدعومة بالذكاء الاصطناعي لمنع الاحتيال غير المعروف وضمان أن تكون كل معاملة سريعة وآمنة وموثوقة».

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Resecurity Deepens Long-Term Commitment to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East

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December 19, 2025

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Resecurity, a global cybersecurity and intelligence company trusted by Fortune 100 enterprises and government organizations worldwide, is accelerating its expansion across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East as demand grows for intelligence-driven cyber defense, fraud prevention, and digital risk management.

Building on its continued engagement with regional stakeholders following Black Hat MEA 2025 in Riyadh, Resecurity is strengthening its presence in the Kingdom to support national cybersecurity priorities, digital transformation initiatives, and regulatory compliance frameworks aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. This approach reflects the company’s long-term commitment to Saudi Arabia as a regional hub for cybersecurity innovation, sovereign data protection, and advanced threat intelligence.

At the core of this strategy is Resecurity’s unified, AI-powered cybersecurity platform, which integrates threat intelligence, fraud prevention, brand protection, and attack surface visibility into a single ecosystem designed for modern enterprises and government institutions. By consolidating intelligence from open, deep, and dark web sources, the platform enables organizations to identify cyber threats, fraud schemes, and digital risks early—before they escalate into large-scale incidents or financial loss.

Resecurity is seeing growing adoption across Saudi Arabia and the GCC among banks, fintech providers, telecom operators, aviation authorities, ministries, and critical infrastructure organizations. This momentum is being driven by rapid digitalization, the expansion of digital banking services, and increased regulatory focus on cyber resilience, data sovereignty, and national security.

As part of its ongoing regional engagement, Resecurity executives Ahmad Halabi and Taha Halabi recently met with senior industry and government stakeholders in Riyadh, sharing perspectives on how intelligence-led cybersecurity is reshaping risk management for organizations across the Middle East.

Ahmad Halabi, Managing Director of Resecurity, said the company’s regional expansion reflects a fundamental shift in how cybersecurity must be delivered in today’s interconnected environment.

“In today’s hyper-connected world, cyber risk knows no borders — and neither should our defenses. Saudi Arabia is leading the region in addressing these challenges head-on. By converging threat intelligence, fraud detection, and brand protection into a unified, AI-driven platform, Resecurity empowers organizations across the Middle East to stay ahead of adversaries and safeguard their digital future.”

In parallel, Resecurity is expanding its professional services footprint across the Kingdom, supporting organizations with advanced threat hunting, digital forensics and incident response, red and purple team exercises, vulnerability assessments, and compliance advisory services aligned with Saudi and regional regulatory frameworks. These services are designed to strengthen security operations centers, improve incident readiness, and support complex enterprise and government environments.

Taha Halabi, Vice President of Resecurity, highlighted the growing need for intelligence-led fraud prevention as digital banking and fintech adoption accelerates across the region. “As digital banking and fintech accelerate across Saudi Arabia, fraud has become one of the most critical and costly cyber risks. Intelligence is now the first line of defense. By identifying fraud patterns, credential theft, and criminal infrastructure early, organizations can protect customers, preserve trust, and secure long-term growth. Resecurity’s intelligence-driven fraud defense enables financial institutions to act before damage occurs.”

Looking ahead, Resecurity plans to further expand its partner ecosystem across Saudi Arabia and the GCC, strengthen its regional threat intelligence and DFIR capabilities, and continue delivering AI-powered cybersecurity solutions tailored for enterprise and government adoption. The company remains focused on enabling secure digital transformation while supporting the Kingdom’s ambition to build a resilient, future-ready digital economy.