THE ECHOSEC BLOG

In 2016, GCN conducted a cybersecurity survey across local governments in the United States. More troubling than the rate of cyberattacks it found being committed was the fact that many local jurisdictions were unaware that they were being targeted, or did not keep track of cyberattacks at all.  Read More

An interesting read from Maurits Martijn exploring public WiFi security reveals just how easy it is for a skilled hacker to exploit you and ruin your life if they so choose. Read More

Since the dawn of the smartphone, it seems as if digital communication has become more common than face-to-face interactions. It is not uncommon for one person to have two computers, a tablet, and a smartphone. Read More

Hacking Happens In the era of "Internet everything," it is safe to assume that all organizations and services are going to be the target of malicious individuals at one time or another. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. Read More

The Deep Web is where all the criminals hang out, right? Well, yes and no. The deep web is essentially all of the non-indexed, non-searchable content on the Internet. To really understand this, we need to quickly talk about what the Internet IS. Read More

  Our thanks to Stephanie Meadows for letting us re-post her article on 5 ways to protect your intellectual property on Social Media. It was originally published on LinkedIn Read More

Crash course in online security round THREE If you haven’t had the opportunity to read part one & two, you can find them right here & here. Read More

Crash course in online security round TWO   If you haven’t had the opportunity to read part one, you can find it right here. It discusses the first three of our top eight security need-to-knows. Read More

Which of these three links is malware? Link1 Link2 Link3 None actually. But how do you know before it’s too late? Read More