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PRC State-Sponsored Cyber Activity   Advisory

Mar 20, 2024 - This fact sheet provides an overview for executive leaders on the urgent risk posed by People’s Republic of
China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors known as "Volt Typhoon."

Report and recover from identity theft   Guidance

Nov 14, 2024 - Know where to make a report and get help if someone has stolen your personal or business identity.

Small business cyber security guide   Publication

Jun 16, 2023 - This guide includes basic security measures to help protect your business against common cyber threats.

Russian FSB cyber actor Star Blizzard continues worldwide spear-phishing campaigns   Advisory

Dec 8, 2023 - The Russia-based actor is targeting organisations and individuals in the UK and other geographical areas of interest.

Guidelines for software development   Advice

Dec 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on software development.

2021-010: ASD's ACSC Ransomware Profile - Conti   Advisory

Mar 4, 2022 - Conti is a ransomware variant first observed in early 2020, used by cybercriminals to conduct ransomware attacks against multiple sectors and organisations worldwide, including Australia. Conti is offered as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), enabling affiliates to utilise it as desired, provided that a percentage of the ransom payment is shared with the Conti operators as commission. This product provides information related to Conti’s background, threat activity, and mitigation advice.

BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Technical analysis and mitigations   Advisory

Apr 9, 2025 - This guidance has been jointly produced by government agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the US and is supported by members of the NCSC Cyber League. Its provides new and collated threat intelligence on two spywares known as MOONSHINE and BADBAZAAR with guidance for how App store operators, developers and social media companies can keep their users safe.

Threat update: COVID-19 malicious cyber activity 20 April 2020   Advisory

Apr 20, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) continues to receive reports from individuals, businesses and government departments about a range of different COVID-19 themed scams, online frauds and phishing campaigns. This threat update is about raising awareness of the evolving nature of COVID-19 related malicious cyber activity impacting Australians.

Protect yourself from scams  

Feb 3, 2025 - Protect your accounts by recognising and reporting scams.

Investing in modern defensible architecture   Publication

Oct 23, 2025 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and international partners present this guidance to help organisations develop an MDA investment roadmap based on their organisational strategy, business and security objectives, risk profile and threat context.

IRAP application form   Program

May 7, 2024 - IRAP application form

Secure your Microsoft Windows device   Guidance

Nov 29, 2024 - Your Microsoft Windows device often holds your most important data. Use these simple steps to protect your device from cyberattacks.

Foundations for OT cybersecurity: Asset inventory guidance for owners and operators   Publication

Aug 14, 2025 - This guidance outlines how OT owners and operators can create and maintain an asset inventory and OT taxonomy, to protect their most vital assets. It includes steps for defining scope and objectives for the inventory, identifying assets, collecting attributes, creating a taxonomy, managing data, and implementing asset life cycle management.

Implementing certificates, TLS, HTTPS and opportunistic TLS   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a widely used encryption protocol which enables parties to communicate securely over the internet. Through the use of certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), parties can identify each other through a trusted intermediary and establish encrypted tunnels for the secure transfer of information.

Content credentials: Strengthening multimedia integrity in the generative AI era   Publication

Jan 30, 2025 - This cybersecurity information sheet discusses how Content Credentials (especially Durable ones) can be valuable to protect the provenance of media, raises awareness of the state of this solution, provides recommended practices to ensure the preservation of provenance, and discusses the importance of widespread adoption across the information ecosystem.

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.

Iranian cyber actors’ brute force and credential access activity compromises critical infrastructure   Advisory

Oct 17, 2024 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders on Iranian cyber actors’ compromising, frequently using brute force attacks, organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors. The actors likely aim to obtain credentials and information describing the victim’s network that can then be sold to enable access to cybercriminals.

People’s Republic of China-Linked Actors Compromise Routers and IoT Devices for Botnet Operations   Advisory

Sep 19, 2024 - Cyber actors may have used botnet to compromise thousands of Internet-connected devices.

Educational pack for seniors   Guidance

Jun 23, 2023 - This educational pack provides engaging content to help seniors learn how to stay cyber secure. Practical steps and topics range from a basic to advanced level.

Critical infrastructure  

Jul 22, 2024 - Technical advice and non-regulatory guidance for critical infrastructure.