Digital skimming is the action of stealing credit card information or payment card data from customers of an online store. The transaction data is intercepted during the online purchase checkout process, without customers noticing anything unusual.
Digital skimming attacks are rising. The attacks can go undetected for a long time. When a breach is eventually discovered, it can bring reputational damage for the online store, because the users will question the safety of the service.
Term: Cyber Resilience
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have quickly escalated to be the peak pre-Christmas sale. While this benefits those shopping for Christmas, it has opened new avenues for cyber criminals to target their victims. As our inboxes are flooded with promotional emails and discount codes, it can become difficult to distinguish genuine emails from scams.
So, whether it’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday or any other day, online shoppers must be vigilant when making purchases. We’ve set out our top tips to help protect you this season from criminals and scams:
In today’s digital world, cyber threats are a constant threat to businesses and organisations of all sizes and sectors. A cyber security incident response plan is a crucial tool for effectively managing and mitigating the impact of cyber attacks.
The CyberScotland Technical Bulletin will provide you with information about updates, exploits and countermeasures.
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday
• Google Calendar ‘RAT’ Exploit
• Malvertisers using Google Ads
Delivered by CyberScotland partner Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the national skills agency, along with a wide range of local and national partners, Scottish Careers Week features events and activities to help people of all ages explore, understand and manage their career choices, and the services and resources available to support them.
Cyber Runway is hosting a pitch day for cyber security startups. This event will be a great chance for startups to network with fellow startups, industry experts and investors. Startups will also get to hear about how they can better engage with the local ecosystem and the various innovation programmes on offer.
CyberScotland Summit 2023 welcomed a sell-out 250 delegates to Edinburgh in the final week of European Cyber Security Month. Based around the themes of collaboration, diversity and cyber resilience, delegates heard from a stellar line up of speakers covering everything from a global perspective on the threats, and opportunities, of advancing AI technology to how we can work together to encourage more young people into the cyber security arena from the earliest stage
In today’s digital world, cyber threats are a constant threat to businesses and organisations of all sizes and sectors. A cyber security incident response plan is a crucial tool for effectively managing and mitigating the impact of cyber attacks.
Exercise in a Box is an online tool from the NCSC which helps organisations test and practise their response to a cyber attack. It is completely free, and you don’t have to be an expert to use it. The service provides exercises based on the main cyber threats, which your organisation can do in your own time, in a safe environment, as often as you want.