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About the ACSC

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is based within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). We provide advice and information about how to protect you, your family and your business online.

The ACSC’s cyber security mission is supported by ASD’s wider organisation, whose role is to provide foreign signals intelligence and has a long history of cyber security excellence. We lead the Australian Government’s efforts to improve cyber security. Our role is to help make Australia the safest place to connect online.

For further information read more about the ACSC.

Information for

COVID-19 cyber security advice

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has published advice on COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity. Our guidance will help you protect your systems, data and personal information during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to mitigate and disrupt these COVID-19 related scams and we encourage Australians to remain vigilant and maintain strong cyber security practices during this time.

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ALERTS

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HIGH -
Phone scams impersonating Australian businesses and government agencies

Cybercriminals are spoofing Australian mobile numbers and pretending to be from an Australian Government agency, delivery company or business, manipulating the individual to gain access to their device.

CRITICAL -
Ransomware Targeting Australian Aged Care and Healthcare Sectors

ACSC is aware of increasing targeting of healthcare, including hospitals and aged care, by ransomware campaigns undertaken by cyber criminals.

HIGH -
Increasing reports of myGov-related SMS and email scams targeting Australians

Be on the lookout for myGov-related SMS and email scams asking you to verify your myGov details.

CRITICAL -
Remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS (CVE-2020-1350)

On 14 July 2020, Microsoft acknowledged a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS), which could allow an adversary to run arbitrary code.

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Critical vulnerability for SAP NetWeaver Application Server (CVE-2020-6287)

On 13 July 2020 (United States EST), enterprise resource planning provider SAP released a security patches for a critical vulnerability affecting the Java component LM Configuration Wizard within the SAP NetWeaver Application Server.

NEWS & MEDIA

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Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020
The Australian Government has today launched Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020.
Dousing Cyber Risks to Water Infrastructure

National Cyber Security Exercise for Australia’s Water and Wastewater Sector

Release of co-designed Cloud Security Guidance

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) have released new Cloud Security Guidance to support the secure uptake of cloud services across government and industry.

US Department of Justice Indictment of Cyber Actors

The Australian Government expresses its concern over reports of global malicious cyber intrusions, as detailed in today’s unsealing of indictments by the US Department of Justice.

UK-US-Canada Joint Advisory on Russia

Today, Australia declares its support for the release of the Joint Cyber Security Advisory by the US, UK and Canada, which details malicious cyber activity by Russian actors targeting organisations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development.

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