During Cyber Security Awareness Month, CyberScotland’s DIGI Ken adverts offer a valuable resource that aims to promote awareness of steps that users can take to ensure that they stay secure online.
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Self Assessment customers are urged to be on the lookout for scam texts, emails and phone calls from fraudsters.
With around 12 million people expected to submit a Self Assessment tax return for the 2022 to 2023 tax year before the 31 January 2024 deadline, fraudsters will prey on customers by impersonating HMRC.
The next ‘Scotland Women in Cyber’ meetup with ScotlandIS will be an informal networking drinks in Aberdeen, taking place following the Pitching and ITMS events earlier in the day.
This will give the community the opportunity to attend all of these events if you wish, as well as the chance to get to know each other a little better in a relaxed setting.
The Cyber and Fraud Centre is hitting the road with their Trusted Partner, Consider IT, to deliver a series of events for Public and Third sector organisations during CyberScotland Week. These events will focus on discussing some key cyber security topics you and your organisation or charity should be considering for 2024.
The Cyber and Fraud Centre is hitting the road and will deliver a series of events for Public and Third sector organisations across the country. These events will focus on discussing some key cyber security topics you and your organisation or charity should be considering for 2024.
The CyberScotland Technical Bulletin will provide you with information about updates, exploits and countermeasures.
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday
• Apple Patch Actively Exploted Zero Day
• PEACHPIT: A Huge Ad Fraud Botnet
The CyberScotland Bulletin will provide you with information about the latest cyber threats, scams, news and updates.
This months topics include:
• CyberScotland Week 2024
•Proposals announced for CyberScotland Partnership funding initiative
• LEAD Scotland join the CyberScotland Partnership
• Cyber Security Month 2023 and more…
Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted through email, by someone posing as a legitimate organisation to lure individuals and companies into providing sensitive data. A form of phishing is quishing, which uses QR codes to lure you to nefarious websites. As with any type of phishing, the best defence against quishing attacks is to be aware of the threat.
European Cyber Security Month runs throughout the month of October to help raise awareness of digital security and cyber hygiene. Throughout the month, hundreds of activities occur across Europe, including conferences, workshops, training, webinars, and presentations. The theme for 2023 is based on Social Engineering, which is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim to gain control over a device system or to steal sensitive data.