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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.

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.

Principles of operational technology cybersecurity   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.

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.

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.

Delivering the goods in cyber security resilience to the transport and logistics sector   News

Oct 27, 2022 - National Cyber Security Exercise Series: Australia’s transport and logistics sector – May to August 2023

COVID-19 malicious cyber activity   Alert

May 22, 2020 - Malicious cyber actors are actively targeting individuals and Australian organisations with COVID-19 related scams and phishing emails. These incidents are likely to increase in frequency and severity over the coming weeks and months. This is due, in part, to the ease in which existing scam emails and texts can be modified with a COVID-19 theme.

Securing customer personal data   Guidance

Jul 30, 2024 - This guide is focused specifically on the protection of customers’ personal data. Guidance on general cybersecurity for businesses can be found in the Small business cybersecurity guide and the Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents published by ASD’s ACSC.

CISA, FBI, NSA, and international partners issue advisory on demonstrated threats and capabilities of Russian state-sponsored and cyber criminal actors   News

Apr 22, 2022 - Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the risk of malicious cyber operations by Russian state-sponsored and criminal cyber actors has increased. The threats to critical infrastructure could impact organisations both within and beyond Ukraine.

Guidelines for evaluated products   Advice

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

Guidelines for software development   Advice

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

Joint advisory on top cyber vulnerabilities   News

Jul 28, 2021 - The top 30 cyber security vulnerabilities exploited by malicious cyber actors since 2020 have been detailed in a joint advisory issued by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and counterpart cyber security agencies from the United States and the United Kingdom.

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.

Guidelines for physical security   Advice

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

Incident response  

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

Multiple key vulnerabilities identified in Microsoft products   Alert

Oct 13, 2021 - Multiple key vulnerabilities were identified in Microsoft’s 12 October 2021 patch release. While all vulnerabilities addressed in this release are important to mitigate the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) wishes to highlight several vulnerabilities for priority consideration.

Cybersecurity guidelines  

Jun 13, 2024 - Practical guidance on how an organisation can protect their information technology and operational technology systems, applications and data from cyberthreats.

Critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA Gateways   Alert

Jan 9, 2025 - Ivanti has identified critical vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA Gateways. Customers should update to available patched versions immediately and monitor Ivanti’s Security Advisory for further advice.

Active exploitation of vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services   Alert

May 22, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware that sophisticated actors are actively exploiting a deserialisation vulnerability existing in all versions of Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) using the .NET framework (.NET). The vulnerability exploits the service’s VIEWSTATE parameter to allow for remote code execution by unauthorised users.

Information security manual  

Sep 26, 2024 - The Information security manual (ISM) is a cybersecurity framework that an organisation can apply, using their risk management framework, to protect their information technology and operational technology systems, applications and data from cyberthreats.

Are you ready for Australian domain name changes?   Alert

Aug 8, 2022 - Australians have until 20 September 2022 to seek priority allocation of an .au direct domain name that matches their existing domain name.

Operational technology environments  

Oct 4, 2024 - This page lists publications on critical infrastructure and their supporting operational technology environments.

Joint cybersecurity advisory released on 2021's top routinely exploited vulnerabilities   News

Apr 28, 2022 - Malicious cyber actors are aggressively targeting newly-disclosed and dated critical software vulnerabilities against a broad range of targets, including public and private sector organisations worldwide.

Be Ready - auDA Domain Name Changes   News

Mar 23, 2022 - The new domain name category could leave your business or organisation open to fraudulent cyber activity, such as business email compromise.

Priority logs for SIEM ingestion: Practitioner guidance   Publication

May 27, 2025 - This document is again intended for cyber security practitioners and provides detailed, technical guidance on the logs that should be prioritised for SIEM ingestion. It covers log sources including Endpoint Detection and Response tools, Windows/Linux operating systems, and Cloud and Network Devices.

Potential SolarWinds Orion compromise   Alert

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

Small business cloud security guides  

Apr 2, 2024 - ASD's ACSC has released a series of guides designed to help small businesses secure their cloud environment.

PRC state-sponsored actors compromise and maintain persistent access to U.S. critical infrastructure   Advisory

Feb 8, 2024 - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assess that People’s Republic of China (PRC) state sponsored cyber actors are seeking to preposition themselves on IT networks for disruptive or destructive cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States.

System hardening and administration   

Apr 11, 2023 - It is important for all organisations to maintain the cybersecurity of their systems and data.

Guidelines for cryptography   Advice

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