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Widespread exposure of vulnerability in cPanel Alert
May 9, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a vulnerability affecting cPanel and cPanel managed websites. All Australian organisations should apply the available patches, and ensure staff are informed of the risks against their systems when clicking suspicious links.
Staying secure online during back-to-school shopping News
Jan 19, 2021 - Parents are being urged to be vigilant while shopping online for school essentials this month, with back-to-school shopping opening up opportunities for cybercriminals to strike.
Processors can be exploited by Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities Alert
Jan 29, 2020 - Security researchers have developed methods involving speculative execution to read kernel memory from user space on a variety of processors from a range of vendors produced in the last decade. These methods have been referred to as Meltdown and Spectre.
Avaddon Ransomware Alert
May 8, 2021 - Increase in Avaddon ransomware attacks in Australia.
Update your devices to keep cybercriminals out News
May 3, 2021 - Updating the software on electronic devices is one of the easiest and most important ways all Australians can defend against cybercriminals and be protected from online threats.
Remote code execution vulnerability present in vm2 sandbox Alert
Oct 11, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a remote code execution vulnerability in vm2 sandbox versions prior to 3.9.11. Affected Australian organisations should apply the available patch immediately.
SDBBot targeting health sector Alert
Nov 12, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has observed increased targeting activity against the Australian health sector by actors using the SDBBot Remote Access Tool (RAT).
Seeking industry feedback on new ASD Foundations for Secure-by-Design News
Nov 2, 2023 - Have your say on how Secure-by-Design practices should look.
Essential Eight assessment course Program page
Jul 3, 2023 - The Essential Eight Assessment Course will help you understand the intent and application of the Essential Eight, learn to use ASD designed tools, and accurately test the implementation of the Essential Eight.
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.
Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Zero Day Vulnerability Alert
Oct 25, 2023 - A previously unknown vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a malicious actor to take control of vulnerable devices. All Australian organisations should follow the recommendations published by Cisco.
High Severity Vulnerability present in Microsoft Outlook for Windows Alert
Mar 29, 2023 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a Microsoft Outlook for Windows vulnerability. All Australian organisations using all versions of Microsoft Outlook for Windows should apply the available patch immediately.
Australia is fighting back against ransomware News
Jun 15, 2021 - Australians continue to be targeted by cybercriminals through ransomware campaigns impacting multiple sectors across our economy.
2020-003: Mailto ransomware incidents Alert
Feb 6, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) is aware of recent ransomware incidents involving a ransomware tool known as ‘Mailto’ or ‘Kazakavkovkiz’. Mailto belongs to the KoKo ransomware family.
Ransomware targeting Australian aged care and healthcare sectors Alert
Aug 2, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of increased targeting of healthcare, including hospitals and aged care, by ransomware campaigns undertaken by cyber criminals.
ASD women recognised for their contribution to the security industry News
Oct 19, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has been recognised for its contribution to supporting women in the security industry at an awards night in Sydney.
How the ASD's ACSC can help during a cyber security incident News
Sep 11, 2023 - The Australian Signal’s Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre’s (ASD's ACSC) incident management capabilities provide technical advice and assistance to support Australian organisations through a cyber security incident response.
ACSC Threat Report 2017 Reports and statistics
Oct 15, 2017 - This is the third Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) Threat Report. It continues to reflect on the experience, focus, and mandates of the ASD’s ACSC’s member organisations. The report provides an insight into what the Centre has been seeing, learning, and responding to, focusing on specific areas of change or new knowledge obtained.
Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP) Program page
Jul 2, 2025 - The Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP) evaluates and certifies products to provide a level of assurance in its security functionality in order to protect systems and data against cyberthreats. These evaluation activities are certified by the Australian Certification Authority (ACA).
Australian Signals Directorate unveils new facility News
Mar 23, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has unveiled a new world-class cyber and foreign intelligence facility, as the agency prepares to mark 75 years defending Australia from global threats.
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.
Manic Menagerie Investigation Report Reports and statistics
Jan 29, 2019 - This report details technical findings and mitigation advice related to the extensive compromise of at least eight Australian web hosting providers investigated by the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) in May 2018.
Netlogon elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) Alert
Sep 22, 2020 - The ACSC is aware of a recently disclosed critical vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller systems that allows unauthenticated attackers to trivially access administrative credentials.
Active exploitation of vulnerable MobileIron products Alert
Sep 18, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in multiple MobileIron products by malicious cyber actors, including sophisticated state-based actors.
High Severity vulnerability present in OpenSSL version 3.x Alert
Nov 2, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a buffer overrun and buffer overflow vulnerability in OpenSSL versions above to 3.0. All Australian organisations using version 3.x should apply the available patch immediately.
TMUI remote code execution vulnerability - CVE-2020-5902 Alert
Jul 6, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) advises users of F5’s enterprise and data centre BIG-IP products to ensure their systems are promptly patched after the recent disclosure of new remote code execution vulnerability.
Essential Eight Assessment Course News
Jul 4, 2023 - Today, the Australian Signals Directorate has launched the Essential Eight Assessment Course pilot in collaboration with TAFEcyber.
New guidance for engaging with artificial intelligence News
Jan 24, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has released a new publication, Engaging with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Cyber security research report Reports and statistics
Dec 15, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) commissioned exploratory research to better understand audience awareness of cyber security threats and practices.
People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection joint cybersecurity advisory News
May 25, 2023 - Today we released a joint advisory with international partners on a recently discovered cluster of activity associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.
