Technology Advisor Blog

Is love in the air…or is it a romance scam? Whatever situation you find yourself in, if 2026 is the year for you to find love this Valentines Day, it’s generally good practice to know the person you are talking to. What I mean by that is ensuring the person of interest you met through a website or dating app is a legitimate person that’s actions and words add up. Romance scams are currently one of the highest scam methods in America. When using social media or the internet in general, it’s essential to have security and knowledge equipped to protect yourself, your time, your heart, and your personal information. At Ekaru, we provide users with educational cybersecurity awareness training, not to frighten you but to inform you to make thoughtful decisions. To react proactively when situations arise, the best form of defense is not always security tools, its knowledge.

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Tags: Internet, cybersecurity, Security Awareness, Cybersecurity, Smishing, Cybersecurity, Social Media, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, Romance Scam

For those that are heading back into the school education system, student, teacher, or administrative professional, this blog is just for you!
In the summertime, business general activity is low, however cybercriminals utilize this time to calculate an abundance of phishing scams to isolate, rush, and cause anxiety within the victim. Once fall hits, these tactics are no different, just using another mask to hide their cyber threats in plain sight.

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Tags: Monitoring, business continuity, cybersecurity, ransomware, cybersecurity, cybersecurity training, Security Awareness, IT services Boston, Artificial Intelligence

Have you ever been hooked to a phishing attempt? Did you know that phishing is involved in 70% of breaches? Whether it’s an email, phone call, or text message, these are some of the common ways bad actors use to obtain your personal and financial information for malicious gain. Phishing emails were introduced into our lives decade(s) ago and have grown increasingly creative and sophisticated with native language use and perfect grammar.

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Tags: small business, phishing, Cybersecurity, email scams, cybersecurity, ransomware, data security, spoofing, Security Awareness, email spoofing

Technology is an important part of any cybersecurity plan, but technology can only take you so far.  Getting the right firewall, security patches, antivirus, and other protections are an important part of your small business security foundation, but the last line of defense is your employees.  Will they click on that link?

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Tags: cybersecurity, cybersecurity training, Security Awareness