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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/governance/questions-board-directors-ask-about-cybersecurity

Questions for the board of directors to ask about cybersecurity   Publication

Dec 5, 2022 - Information on the importance of cybersecurity for the board of directors in protecting their organisation and shareholders.

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/about-us/media-releases/us-uk-and-australia-issue-joint-cybersecurity-advisory

U.S., U.K., and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory   News

Jul 28, 2021 - Cyber Agencies Share Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

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/protect-yourself/securing-your-email/email-security/secure-your-email

Secure your email   Guidance

Jul 29, 2024 - How to protect yourself when using email and reduce spam and malicious emails.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/secure-by-design

Secure by Design  

Jul 22, 2024 - Secure by Design is a proactive, security-focused approach to the development of digital products and services that necessitates a strategic alignment of an organisation’s cybersecurity goals. Secure by Design requires cyberthreats to be considered from the outset to enable mitigations through thoughtful design, architecture and security measures. Its core value is to protect consumer privacy and data through designing, building, and delivering products with fewer vulnerabilities.

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/about-us/news/exercise-box-here

Exercise in a Box is here   News

Nov 17, 2022 - This service provides an all in one platform that your organisation can use to assess and improve its cyber security practices in your own time, in a safe environment, and as many times as you want.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/network-hardening

Network hardening  

Apr 11, 2023 - This page lists publications on the hardening of network infrastructure.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/email-hardening/protecting-against-business-email-compromise

Protecting against business email compromise   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Business email compromise is when malicious actors use email to abuse trust in business processes to scam organisations out of money or goods. Malicious actors can impersonate business representatives using similar names, domains or fraudulent logos as a legitimate organisation or by using compromised email accounts and pretending to be a trusted co-worker.

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Email security  

Jul 29, 2024 - Protect yourself, your employees and business from an email security incident before it's too late.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/system-hardening/implementing-multi-factor-authentication

Implementing multi-factor authentication   Publication

Nov 27, 2023 - This publication has been developed to provide guidance on what multi-factor authentication is, different multi-factor authentication methods that exist and why some multi-factor authentication methods are more secure, and therefore more effective, than others.

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/threats/types-threats/malicious-insiders

Malicious insiders   Threat

Jun 23, 2020 - Malicious insiders can be employees, former employees, contractors or business associates who have legitimate access to your systems and data, but use that access to destroy data, steal data or sabotage your systems. It does not include well-meaning staff who accidentally put your cyber security at risk or spill data.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/incident-response

Incident response  

Apr 12, 2024 - This page lists publications on preparing for and responding to cybersecurity incidents.

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/essential-eight/essential-eight-explained

Essential Eight explained   Publication

Nov 27, 2023 - This publication provides an overview of the Essential Eight.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/email-hardening/malicious-email-mitigation-strategies

Malicious email mitigation strategies   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Socially engineered emails containing malicious attachments and embedded links are routinely used in targeted cyber intrusions against organisations. This publication has been developed to provide mitigation strategies for the security risks posed by these malicious emails.

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/resources-business-and-government/maintaining-devices-and-systems/system-hardening-and-administration/system-administration/patching-applications-and-operating-systems

Patching applications and operating systems   Publication

Nov 27, 2023 - Applying patches to applications and operating systems is critical to keeping systems secure. Patching forms part of the Essential Eight from the Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents.

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User education  

Apr 11, 2023 - This page lists publications on cybersecurity that relate to the behaviour of people and virtual communities of people.

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/about-us/advisories/hunting-russian-intelligence-snake-malware

Hunting Russian Intelligence “Snake” Malware   Advisory

May 10, 2023 - This Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) provides background on Snake’s attribution to the FSB and detailed technical descriptions of the implant’s host architecture and network communications.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/governance

Governance  

May 16, 2024 - This page lists publications on governance strategies that can be applied to improve cybersecurity within organisations.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/update-your-small-business-cyber-security

Update your small business cyber security   News

Jun 12, 2024 - Resources to help protect small businesses from cyber threats.

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/resources-business-and-government/exercise-in-a-box

Exercise in a Box  

Nov 17, 2022 - This service provides an all-in-one platform that organisations can use to assess and improve their cybersecurity practices, in a controlled environment, and as many times as they want.

/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/exploitation-vulnerabilities-affecting-cisco-firewall-platforms

Exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Cisco firewall platforms   Alert

Apr 25, 2024 - 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 potential compromise.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-globalprotect-gateway

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.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/enhanced-visibility-and-hardening-guidance-communications-infrastructure

Enhanced visibility and hardening guidance for communications infrastructure   Advisory

Dec 4, 2024 - This guide provides network engineers and defenders of communications infrastructure with best practices to strengthen their visibility and harden their network devices against successful exploitation carried out by PRC-affiliated and other malicious cyber actors.

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/about-us/news/safer-internet-day-2021

Safer Internet Day 2021   News

Feb 9, 2021 - Safer Internet Day on 9 February 2021 aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and share strategies everyone can use for staying secure online.

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/resources-business-and-government/governance-and-user-education/governance/cyber-skills-framework

Cyber Skills Framework   Publication

Sep 10, 2020 - The Cyber Skills Framework enables targeted recruitment of cyber specialists, provides a development pathway for current and future cyber staff, and aligns skills, knowledge and attributes with national and international industry standards.

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/about-us/alerts/vulnerability-affecting-blackberry-qnx-rtos

Vulnerability Affecting BlackBerry QNX RTOS   Alert

Aug 18, 2021 - BlackBerry has disclosed that its QNX Real Time Operating System is affected by a BadAlloc vulnerability - CVE-2021-22156. QNX is the world’s most prevalent real time operating system.

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/ism/cybersecurity-terminology

Cybersecurity terminology   Advice

Jul 3, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on cybersecurity terminology.

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/resources-business-and-government/essential-cybersecurity/ism/cybersecurity-guidelines/guidelines-personnel-security

Guidelines for personnel security   Advice

Jul 3, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on personnel security.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/critical-vulnerability-fortios

Critical Vulnerability in FortiOS   Alert

Feb 9, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is aware of a critical (9.6) vulnerability (CVE-2024-21762) in Fortinet FortiOS devices.

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/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/barracuda-email-security-gateway-esg-malicious-activity-additional-indicators-compromise-released

Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) malicious activity – additional Indicators of Compromise released   Alert

Dec 25, 2023 - Update: ASD's ACSC is aware of active exploitation of a third party library, Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, leading to potential Arbitrary Code Execution in Barracuda ESG appliances (CVE-2023-7101 and CVE-2023-7102).

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/about-us/alerts/potential-solarwinds-orion-compromise

Potential SolarWinds Orion compromise   Alert

Jan 25, 2021 - FireEye identifies global campaign leveraging malicious updates to SolarWinds software.

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