Cyber Scotland
Police Scotland’s advice on what precautions you should take when sharing information on social networking websites.
This guide explains how scammers use email, texts, and phone calls to steal personal or financial information. It highlights common tactics, warning signs and practical steps to protect yourself, helping readers recognise and respond to these everyday cyber threats.
Read more Guide to Phishing, Smishing and Vishing Scams in modal dialogCyber security advice for businesses, charities and critical national infrastructure with more than 250 employees. You are likely to have a dedicated team managing your cyber security.
Read more Large Organisations in modal dialogThis guide explains how to create strong, unique passwords (for example using three random words) and why you should never reuse passwords across accounts. It also introduces Two‑Step Verification (2SV) – also called Two‑Factor Authentication (2FA) – as a vital […]
Read more Passwords & Two-Step Verification in modal dialogSextortion is a type of cyber-enabled extortion which involves the threat of sharing sexual information, images or clips to extort money from you, whether images actually exist or not. Police Scotland have advice on what you can do to reduce […]
Read more Sextortion in modal dialogThe use of remote access software in committing crime online is not very wellknown, let alone how easily criminals use this method to attack unassumingvictims. Remote access scams occur where online business and individual accounts arecompromised by cyber criminals and […]
Read more Remote Access Fraud in modal dialogPromotes a consistent approach to supplier cyber security across Scotland’s public sector.
Read more Scottish Public Sector Supplier Cyber Security Guidance Note in modal dialog