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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released cybersecurity guidance for small businesses with no paid employees other than their owners. These businesses include freelancers, sole proprietors, and independent contractors. About 82% of the 34.8 million small businesses in the United States fall into this category, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office…

November 3 (Hypepotamus) -In-person events are all the rage in marketing in 2026. Part of that seems to be a natural response to our AI Age, as digital channels are getting diluted with more ad slop than we know what to do with. But getting people into a room and proving that the gathering helped…

AI is changing the nature of payment fraud, making scams more convincing and fraudulent requests harder to spot. For businesses, the challenge is no longer simply recognising the threat, but ensuring they have the right safeguards in place to respond. New research from Eftsure highlights a growing disconnect between US businesses’ concerns about AI-fuelled payment fraud…

Data from the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2025 Business Impact Report found that 81% of small businesses surveyed reported a security breach, a data breach, or both in the last year. Cyber liability insurance could help protect small businesses from some of the costs of data breaches, ransomware or hacking.