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Essential Eight Assessment Course News
Jul 4, 2023 - Today, the Australian Signals Directorate has launched the Essential Eight Assessment Course pilot in collaboration with TAFEcyber.
Joint guide for cybersecurity best practices for Smart Cities News
Apr 20, 2023 - This guide provides three recommendations to help communities strengthen their cyber posture.
Guidelines for information technology equipment Advice
Dec 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on information technology equipment.
Critical vulnerabilities in GitLab Products Alert
Jan 15, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD's) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of critical vulnerabilities affecting GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Customers should update to a patched version immediately and enable multi-factor authentication for all GitLab accounts.
Conti ransomware incidents in Australia Alert
Dec 10, 2021 - Multiple Australian organisations have been impacted by Conti ransomware in November and December 2021.
Cybercriminals scanning Australian entities for serious cyber vulnerability News
Dec 21, 2021 - Australians must urgently patch applications and software products as malicious cyber adversaries conduct thousands of scans in search of the vulnerability related to the critical Log4j software flaw.
New guidance on detecting and mitigating Active Directory compromises News
Sep 26, 2024 - Does your organisation use Microsoft’s Active Directory? Read our latest guidance on Active Directory compromises now.
Widespread outages relating to CrowdStrike software update Alert
Jul 21, 2024 - A CrowdStrike software update has led to outages impacting Windows systems.
Guidelines for database systems Advice
Dec 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on database systems.
Essential Eight
Nov 27, 2023 - While no set of mitigation strategies are guaranteed to protect against all cyberthreats, organisations are recommended to implement eight essential mitigation strategies from the Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents as a baseline. This baseline, known as the Essential Eight, makes it much harder for adversaries to compromise systems.
Critical vulnerability present in SAP Internet Communication Manager Alert
Feb 11, 2022 - A vulnerability has been identified in SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM), a component of many SAP products, which may allow full system takeover. Affected organisations should apply the available security update.
Remote code execution vulnerability present in Fortinet devices Alert
Oct 13, 2022 - A vulnerability (CVE-2022-40684) has been identified in several Fortinet products running certain versions from 7.0.0 onwards, that could allow a malicious cyber actor to bypass authentication and perform unauthorised actions. Affected Australian organisations should apply the available patch and follow Fortinet’s mitigation advice.
Remote code execution vulnerability present in Sophos Firewall Alert
Mar 30, 2022 - A vulnerability (CVE-2022-1040) has been identified in Sophos Firewall prior to version 18.5 which could allow a malicious cyber actor to perform remote code execution. Affected Australian organisations should apply the available patch.
SonicWall Breach Alert
Feb 4, 2021 - SonicWall identified an internal systems breach using a zero-day vulnerability within the SMA 100 series 10.x code.
Critical vulnerability in certain Hikvision products, IP cameras Alert
Sep 22, 2021 - A critical vulnerability exists in Hikvision products, including IP cameras, which could allow a cyber actor to take full control of the device. Affected Australian customers should apply an appropriate firmware update provided by Hikvision.
Become an ASD partner Hub item
Register your interest in the Australian Signals Directorate’s Cyber Security Partnership Program and provide information about yourself and your organisation.
Hardening systems and applications
Apr 11, 2023 - It is important for all organisations to maintain the cybersecurity of their systems and data.
New Information Security Manual format now available News
Sep 15, 2022 - The Information Security Manual (ISM) provides organisations with a cyber security framework that they can apply to protect their systems and data.
Staying secure online during back-to-school shopping News
Jan 19, 2021 - Parents are being urged to be vigilant while shopping online for school essentials this month, with back-to-school shopping opening up opportunities for cybercriminals to strike.
You can’t outsource risk: Advice for using cloud services News
Oct 20, 2025 - Discover your shared responsibilities when using a cloud service provider.
