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Image: immimagery/Adobe Stock Modern enterprises are driven by a high volume of data that influences many business decisions. Product improvement, marketing, advertising trends, business risks and product performance — these are elements of business that depend on accurate data for quality decision-making. Despite how crucial data is to enterprises, there is no denying that enterprise data can also be marred by inaccuracies that may result in dirty data. Recent research suggests that incidents of dirty…

In the spirit of #PrideMonth, McAfee hosted month-long celebrations across the world. One of these was a live event hosted by the McAfee Pride Community with a guest speaker from the Resource Center that focused on the history of Pride, support, allyship, and belonging. We took a moment to ask our event guest speaker, Leslie McMurray, about the work that Resource Center does, the importance of pride, and what companies can do to create inclusive…

Fewer people carry cash these days, kids included. This growing paperless reality fast-forwards the parenting task of educating kids on financial responsibility. As of 2021, most cash apps allow kids 13 and up to open accounts (previously, the age was 18). Kids can also get a cash app debit card for retail purchases. But while cash apps are a popular and convenient tool, they come with some risks families should consider.   Instant Transactions  Cash apps…

In this digital age, communicating online and through our devices has become the norm. From sharing highlights of last night’s game to sending cute animal videos back and forth, so much of our connectedness happens virtually. It’s become so easy to chat with friends and loved ones through social media that we don’t even have to think about it. We know who’s on the other end of the screen, so why would we worry? We…

By Richard Clarke, Chief Insurance Officer, Colonial Surety The media landscape is dominated by headlines like this “Hackers Target Cryptocurrency Companies in HubSpot Data Breach” and this “Microsoft confirms it was breached by hacker group.” Leading most to believe that cyberattacks and data breaches only afflict larger companies. However, the truth is, small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are likely more vulnerable as they generally have less protection, and more limited budgets to address management of the…

The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the first-ever group of encryption tools that could potentially withstand the attack of a quantum computer. The four selected encryption algorithms will now reportedly become part of NIST’s post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) standard, which should be finalized in about two years. More specifically, for general encryption (used for access to secure websites), NIST has selected the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm. For digital signatures, on the other…

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has provided answers to questions from nine Republican Senators who recently raised concerns about TikTok’s privacy data following a related BuzzFeed News investigation. The letter does not clarify whether US user data has been or can be accessed by TikTok China-based employees but does answer some of the questions posed by the senators. Notably, the missive states that TikTok has never been asked by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to provide US…

CloudSEK researchers have identified an extensive phishing campaign in which threat actors (TA) were impersonating the Ministry of Human Resources of the UAE government. Spotted through the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) digital risk monitoring platform XVigil, the new threat would target various government and corporate entities across the finance, travel, hospital, legal, oil and gas and consultation industries. “The actors created a fake website […] that resembles the legitimate domain […] to defraud users,” CloudSEK…