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Sextortion

Sextortion 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 the likelihood of this happening and what to do if you’re a victim of extortion.

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Forms of Phishing

Guidance from the Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team breaking down the different forms of Phishing

Online Shopping

Information about online shopping and how to stay safe online.

Cyber Cluster Events

A list of all the Scottish Cyber Cluster events.

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.

Digital Footprint

Advice on creating a positive presence online. Young Scot explain what’s a digital footprint and why it matters?

NCSC Cyber related topics

NCSC’s list of the broad range of cyber security related topics that their advice and guidance covers.