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25 Apr 2024
Alert rating: High

Exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco firewall platforms

This alert has been written for the IT teams of organisations and government. Entities are strongly encouraged to take immediate action to ensure affected devices are patched and investigate for…

Audience focus: Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government
17 Apr 2024
Alert rating: Critical

OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Gateway

ASD’s ACSC is aware of a vulnerability (CVE-2024-3400) that enables an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.

Audience focus: Small & medium businesses Organisations & Critical Infrastructure
22 Mar 2024
Alert rating: Critical

Critical Vulnerability affecting Fortinet’s FortiClientEMS

ASD’s ACSC is aware of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-48788) affecting Fortinet’s FortiClientEMS. Organisations are strongly encouraged to take immediate action to ensure affected instances are…

Audience focus: Small & medium businesses Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government

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02 May 2024

New cyber security advice for families

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) has released new guidance to help you protect your family online.

20 Mar 2024

Join the Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing service through Sentinel

The Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing (CTIS) is a two-way sharing platform that enables government and industry partners to receive and share information about malicious cyber…

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