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Microsoft introduces Exchange Emergency Mitigation service News
Oct 1, 2021 - Microsoft has launched a new optional protection for Microsoft Exchange servers.
Critical vulnerability in ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect Alert
Feb 25, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre ( ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a critical vulnerability affecting ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect. Customers should update to the patched version immediately.
Mandatory Incident Reporting News
Apr 11, 2022 - New measures to enhance the cyber security of Australia’s critical infrastructure.
Best practices for event logging and threat detection News
Aug 22, 2024 - Today we have released new event logging guidance, alongside our international partners, that defines the baseline for logging best practices to mitigate malicious cyber threats.
Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain Ransomware Attack Alert
Jul 12, 2021 - Patch now available for Kaseya VSA platform.
ASD's ACSC Threat Report 2015 Reports and statistics
Jul 15, 2015 - This report describes the range of cyber adversaries targeting Australian networks, their motives, and the type of malicious activities they are conducting and their impact on Australian networks during 2014. It also offers mitigation advice on how organisations can defend against these activities.
Widespread outages relating to CrowdStrike software update Alert
Jul 21, 2024 - A CrowdStrike software update has led to outages impacting Windows systems.
2020-002: Critical Vulnerabilities for Microsoft Windows, Patch Urgently Advisory
Jan 15, 2020 - If you or your organisation uses any of the affected products, the ACSC recommends that you apply the patches urgently.
Meltdown and Spectre patches unsuitable for some security products Advisory
Jan 11, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of reporting that a variety of security products (e.g. antivirus solutions) are incompatible with Microsoft's patches for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.
Cyber security for business leaders
May 16, 2024 - This page lists publications on governance strategies that can be applied to improve cybersecurity within organisations.
ASD's ACSC cyber security challenge News
Aug 27, 2021 - Would you like to put your cyber incident response skills to the test?
Health Sector Snapshot News
Feb 10, 2021 - This Sector Snapshot is designed to enhance awareness of key cyber security threats in the health sector and advise executives and cyber security professionals within the health sector on what they can do to protect their organisation from cyber threats. This report provides a high-level overview of the cyber security environment from 1 January to 31 December 2020.
Recommendations to mitigate DDoS threats being made against Australian organisations Advisory
Feb 25, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a number of Denial of Service (DoS) for ransom threats being made against Australian organisations, primarily in the banking and finance sector.
New domain name changes could leave your business or organisation at risk Alert
Mar 23, 2022 - The new domain name category, could leave your business or organisation open to fraudulent cyber activity. Register your .au domain name before it becomes available to the general public.
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).
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.
Critical vulnerabilities in ‘ownCloud’ file share Alert
Nov 29, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting the file sync and sharing software ‘ownCloud’. This primarily impacts self-hosted instances of the open-source product. Those impacted should apply the patches available and consider the workarounds made available by the vendor.
Use of Log4j vulnerabilities in ransomware activity Alert
Dec 23, 2021 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) expects an increase in ransomware activity using Log4j as an exploit vector. Malicious actors may take advantage of trivial exploits to impact Australian organisations.
Small Business Cloud Security Guides News
Dec 16, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has released a series of guides designed to help small businesses secure their cloud environment.
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