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While you are shopping   Guidance

The best way to avoid being a victim of cybercrime is to be informed. It is really important to know how to secure your device and recognise a fake website or scammer.

How to combat fake emails   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Organisations can reduce the likelihood of their domains being used to support fake emails by implementing Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) records in their Domain Name System (DNS) configuration. Using DMARC with DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) to sign emails provides further safety against fake emails. Likewise, organisations can better protect their users against fake emails by ensuring their email systems use and apply SPF, DKIM and DMARC policies on inbound email.

Guidelines for networking   Advice

Mar 18, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on networking.

Secure your social media   Guidance

Jul 29, 2024 - Keep your social media secure by using these tips. Learn how to protect your accounts, privacy and information.

Summary of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures Used to Target Australian Networks   Advisory

May 20, 2020 - This advisory provides information on methods to detect many of the TTPs listed. Partners are strongly encouraged to review their environments for the presence of the exploited vulnerabilities and provided TTPs.

Practical cybersecurity tips for business leaders   Publication

Jan 17, 2024 - Business leaders can be appealing targets for malicious actors due to the sensitive information they can access, the important people they interact with and the influence they hold. This publication includes a checklist of practical tips business leaders can implement to improve their cybersecurity. The checklist is followed by a brief explanation of each tip and why it is recommended.

Domain Name System security for domain owners   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - This publication provides information on DNS security for domain owners. It also shared helpful strategies to reduce the risk of domain misuse.

Guidelines for enterprise mobility   Advice

Mar 18, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on enterprise mobility.

Identifying cyber supply chain risks   Publication

May 22, 2023 - This guidance has been developed to assist organisations in identifying risks associated with their use of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers (i.e. businesses that constitute their cyber supply chain).

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.

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023-2024   Reports and statistics

Nov 20, 2024 - ASD’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023–24 provides an overview of the key cyber threats impacting Australia, how ASD’s ACSC is responding and cyber security advice for Australian individuals, organisations and government to protect themselves online.

Potential Accellion File Transfer Appliance compromise   Alert

Feb 25, 2021 - The ACSC has identified Australian organisations that may have been impacted by the Accellion File Transfer Appliance vulnerability and have provided mitigation recommendations.

The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture in 2023   Reports and statistics

Nov 16, 2023 - The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture in 2023 informs Parliament on the implementation of cyber security measures across the Australian Government for the 2022–23 financial year. According to the Flipchart of PGPA Act Commonwealth entities and companies, as of 30 June 2023 the Australian Government comprised 100 non-corporate Commonwealth entities (NCEs), 72 corporate Commonwealth entities (CCEs) and 17 Commonwealth companies (CCs); totalling 189 Australian government entities.

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.

Cybersecurity principles   Advice

Mar 18, 2025 - Follow the Information security manual (ISM)'s cybersecurity principles to protect information technology and operational technology systems, applications and data from cyberthreats.

Social media terms of use  

May 7, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) uses a number of social media services as part of its communications activities. These services include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube. 

IoT Secure by Design guidance for manufacturers   Publication

Sep 21, 2023 - This guidance has been produced for manufacturers in order to help them implement thirteen Secure by Design principles.

Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse   Advisory

Jul 28, 2023 - The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn vendors, designers, and developers of web applications and organizations using web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities.

Secure by Design foundations   Publication

Jul 30, 2024 - ASD’s ACSC's Secure by Design foundations represent a first step in a new approach to assist technology manufacturers and customers to adopt Secure by Design. While the foundations are primarily designed to foster discussion within technology manufacturers on how to best approach Secure by Design, they contain relevant information and actions for technology customers.

An introduction to securing smart places   Publication

Nov 21, 2022 - Smart places, also known as smart cities, are places designed to provide enhanced services to citizens using a collection of smart information technology (IT)-enabled systems and devices that capture, communicate and analyse data. To achieve this purpose, previously discrete technologies and systems are interconnected to allow for large-scale coordination, real-time decision making, and increased visibility and situational awareness of the smart place’s status.

Guidelines for cybersecurity incidents   Advice

Mar 18, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on cybersecurity incidents.

Essential Eight maturity model FAQ   Publication

Oct 28, 2024 - This publication provides answers to frequency asked questions on how to implement the Essential Eight.

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors targeting Australian health sector organisations and COVID-19 essential services   Alert

May 8, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is aware that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are actively targeting health sector organisations and medical research facilities.

Privacy Awareness Week 2023   News

Apr 28, 2023 - The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is supporting with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to support Privacy Awareness Week.

ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022-2023   Reports and statistics

Nov 14, 2023 - The ASD's Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online

Privacy  

Oct 24, 2022 - The cyber.gov.au website, including the cyber incident reporting portal (ReportCyber), is operated by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC). The ASD's ACSC is part of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), an Australian Government agency.

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.

Mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes   Publication

Jun 10, 2022 - This publication provides guidance on strategies that organisations can apply during mergers, acquisitions and Machinery of Government changes.

COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity   Advisory

Mar 27, 2020 - This update is designed to raise awareness of increasing COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity, and provide practical cyber security advice that organisations and individuals can follow to reduce the risk of being impacted.

Cybersecurity incident response planning: Practitioner guidance   Publication

Dec 12, 2024 - ASD defines a cybersecurity incident as an unwanted or unexpected cybersecurity event, or a series of such events, that has either compromised business operations or has a significant probability of compromising business operations.