This book is a general guide to many of the cyber scams currently operating in the UK.
Thames Valley Police has worked with the Metropolitan Police Service to introduce the first edition of the Little Book of Cyber Scams. This follows the success of the original Little Book of Scams project. We recognise the constantly evolving online world and the challenges that our communities face in keeping themselves safe online. This booklet has been developed to inform businesses and residents in the Thames Valley about current risks and assist them in taking the necessary steps to protect themselves against cyber criminals.
The 40-page booklet covers a wide range of cyber and cyber-enabled threats, including malware and ransomware, social engineering attacks – where cyber crime is made possible by someone gathering data deceitfully in person, by phone or email – denial of service attacks and data leakage.
It follows the successful ‘Little Book of Big Scams’, now in its third edition, and can be downloaded here .pdf (8.8mb) – “The_Little_Book_of_Cyber_Scams” or via the Thames Valley Police website.