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Advice for Malicious Cyber Activity by Iran News
Sep 15, 2022 - Australian organisations are urged to be alert to continued malicious cyber activity conducted by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors, assessed to be affiliated with the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Principles of operational technology cyber security Publication
Oct 2, 2024 - Critical infrastructure organisations provide vital services, including supplying clean water, energy, and transportation, to the public. These organisations rely on operational technology (OT) to control and manage the physical equipment and processes that provide these critical services. As such, the continuity of vital services relies on critical infrastructure organisations ensuring the cybersecurity and safety of their OT.
Cloud assessment and authorisation Publication
Jan 18, 2024 - This publication is co-designed with industry to support the secure adoption of cloud services across government and industry.
Implementing SIEM and SOAR platforms: Practitioner guidance Publication
May 27, 2025 - This publication provides high-level guidance for cyber security practitioners on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents: Mitigation details Publication
Feb 1, 2017 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed prioritised mitigation strategies to help cybersecurity professionals in all organisations mitigate cybersecurity incidents caused by various cyberthreats. This guidance addresses targeted cyber intrusions (i.e. those executed by advanced persistent threats such as foreign intelligence services), ransomware and external adversaries with destructive intent, malicious insiders, ‘business email compromise’, and industrial control systems.
Privacy
Oct 24, 2022 - The cyber.gov.au website, including the cyber incident reporting portal (ReportCyber), is operated by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC). The ASD's ACSC is part of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), an Australian Government agency.
People’s Republic of China (PRC) State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living Off the Land to Evade Detection Alert
May 25, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC), in conjunction with the United States (US) National Security Agency (NSA) its international partners, has released a Cybersecurity Advisory regarding a PRC state-sponsored cyber actor conducting activity impacting US critical infrastructure (CI) sectors. Because of the potential risk to CI sectors outside the US, all organisations are encouraged to review the published Advisory and report any malicious activity to the ASD's ACSC.
Ten things to know about data security Publication
May 16, 2024 - This publication has been developed to assist business owners and information technology managers, particularly those unfamiliar with cybersecurity, with ten things they should know about data security.
Cyber resources for small businesses News
Feb 11, 2022 - Last December, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) co-hosted an Act Now, Stay Secure breakfast at the National Portrait Gallery, along with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and the Department of Home Affairs.
OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Gateway Alert
May 3, 2024 - 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.
2021-007: Log4j vulnerability – advice and mitigations Advisory
Dec 29, 2021 - On 10 December 2021, ASD's ACSC released an alert relating to a serious vulnerability in versions of the Log4j Java logging library. Malicious cyber actors are using this vulnerability to target and compromise systems globally and in Australia. The ASD's ACSC is working with a significant number of victims and affected vendors across all sectors of the economy.
Implementing SIEM and SOAR platforms: Executive guidance Publication
May 27, 2025 - This publication is one of three in a suite of guidance on SIEM and SOAR platforms. It is primarily intended for executives but can be used by any organisation that is considering whether and how to implement a SIEM and/or SOAR.
Essential Eight maturity model changes Publication
Nov 27, 2023 - This publication provides an overview of the changes for the November 2023 release.
Alerts and advisories
Jan 30, 2023 - Find the latest in cybersecurity alerts and advisories
Personal cyber security: Advanced steps guide Guidance
Mar 23, 2023 - The third and final cyber security guide in the personal cyber security series is designed to help everyday Australians understand an advanced level of cyber security and how to take action to protect themselves from cyber threats.
Cyber incident management arrangements for Australian governments Publication
Sep 18, 2023 - The CIMA provides Australian governments with guidance on how they will collaborate in response to, and reduce the harm associated with, national cyber incidents.
BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Spyware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors Advisory
Apr 9, 2025 - This advisory is jointly produced by government agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the US and is supported by members of the NCSC’s Cyber League. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the growing threat that malicious cyber actors pose to individuals connected to topics including Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, democracy movements and the Falun Gong.
Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025
Sep 30, 2024 - Take action to protect your networks and digital infrastructure now and into the future.
Managing the risks of legacy IT: Practitioner guidance Publication
Jun 12, 2024 - This publication provides guidance for practitioners on managing the risks posed by legacy IT and outlines low-cost mitigations that organisations can draw upon.
Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell Targeting in Australia Alert
Aug 19, 2021 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has observed targeting of the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell vulnerability by Malicious actors.
Advisory 2020-016: "Zerologon" - Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) Advisory
Sep 22, 2020 - The ACSC recommends organisations immediately patch affected Microsoft Windows systems with the Microsoft August 2020 Security Updates, released 11/08/2020.
Log4j: What Boards and Directors Need to Know Advisory
Jan 7, 2022 - Log4j is a software library used as a building block found in a wide variety of Java applications. The Log4j vulnerability – otherwise known as Log4Shell – is trivial to exploit, and represents a significant business continuity risk. This publication outlines what Boards and Directors need to know in order to protect their businesses.
Mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes Publication
Jun 10, 2022 - This publication provides guidance on strategies that organisations can apply during mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes.
Update your small business cyber security News
Jun 12, 2024 - Resources to help protect small businesses from cyber threats.
Joint advisory released for Managed Service Providers and Customers to mitigate cybersecurity risks News
May 12, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has today joined with international cyber security agency partners, to warn Managed Service Providers (MSP) of pressing cyber risks and provide guidance on suitable mitigations for them and their customers.
Essential Eight maturity model FAQ Publication
Oct 28, 2024 - This publication provides answers to frequency asked questions on how to implement the Essential Eight.
Critical security vulnerability affecting Apache Struts2 below 6.4.0. Alert
Dec 13, 2024 - ASD’s ACSC is aware of a critical vulnerability impacting Apache Struts2 below 6.4.0 (CVE-2024-53677).
The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture in 2022 Reports and statistics
Dec 16, 2022 - The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture in 2022 (the report) informs Parliament on the implementation of cybersecurity measures across the Commonwealth government, for the period January 2021 to June 2022. As of June 2022, the Commonwealth comprised 97 non-corporate Commonwealth entities (NCCEs), 71 corporate Commonwealth entities (CCEs) and 17 Commonwealth companies (CCs).
Managing cyber supply chains
Dec 3, 2020 - This page lists publications on cyber supply chain risk management.
New advisory – PRC state-sponsored actors compromise networks worldwide to feed global espionage system News
Aug 28, 2025 - Don’t feed their global espionage systems – read the full advisory for vital insights on threat hunting, indicators of compromise, and mitigation strategies to help your organisation safeguard your networks and assets.
