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2019-10-09
Step-by-Step Guide – Turning on Automatic Updates (For iMac & MacBook, and iPhone & iPad)
Publication
This step-by-step guide shows you how to turn on automatic updates if you use an iMac, MacBook, iPhone or iPad.
Step-by-Step Guide – Turning on Automatic Updates (For Windows 10)
This step-by-step guide shows you how to turn on automatic updates if you use Microsoft Windows 10.
2021-10-01
How to Use the Internet Securely: A Guide for Seniors
Guidance
Going online lets you keep in touch with friends and family, learn about topics and even play games. Just like fastening your seatbelt before driving, you should take steps before using the internet to be more secure. We want to make sure everyone is secure when they’re online. Here are some basic cyber security practices that you can use to protect yourself when accessing the internet.
2020-09-15
Step-by-step guides
Content navigation
The Australian Cyber Security Centre’s step-by-step guides provide individuals and families easy to understand cyber security instructions for specific software, applications and devices.
2020-05-22
Step-by-Step Guide
Glossary
Guides developed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre to help individuals stay secure online.
2020-08-24
The step-by-step guides detail basic cyber security instructions for specific software, applications and devices.
Personal Cyber Security: First Steps Guide
The Personal Cyber Security: First Steps guide is the first in a series of three guides designed to help everyday Australians understand the basics of cyber security, and how you can take action to protect yourself from common cyber threats.
Personal Cyber Security: Next Steps Guide
The Personal Cyber Security: Next Steps guide is the second in a series of three guides designed to help everyday Australians understand the basics of cyber security, and how you can take action to protect yourself from ever-evolving cyber threats.
2020-04-06
COVID-19 Protecting Your Small Business
This guide has been developed to help small and micro businesses adapt to working during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will help businesses with simple and actionable advice in order to both identify common and emerging cyber threats and develop resilient business practices to protect themselves.
2021-10-22
Quick Response Codes in a COVID-19 Environment
Quick Response (QR) codes have increased in popularity in the COVID-19 environment, aiding contact tracing and business check-in efforts. This publication provides information for individuals and businesses to help protect against cyber threats when using QR codes.
2021-10-06
Detecting Socially Engineered Messages
Socially engineered messages present a significant threat to individuals and organisations due to their ability to assist an adversary with compromising accounts, devices, systems or sensitive information. This publication offers guidance on identifying socially engineered messages delivered by email, SMS, instant messaging or other direct messaging services offered by social media applications.
An Examination of the Redaction Functionality of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2017
This publication provides guidance on the efficacy of redaction facilities within Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2017 and is intended for information technology and information security professionals within organisations looking to redact sensitive or personal information from PDF documents before releasing them into the public domain or to other third parties.
IoT Code of Practice: Guidance for Manufacturers
Internet of Things (IoT) devices need to have effective cyber security provisions to defend against potential threats.
2020-04-14
COVID-19: Cyber security tips when working from home
Advisory
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people working from home for the first time. Working from home has specific cyber security risks, including targeted cybercrime. When compromised, unauthorised access to your stored information can have a devastating effect on your emotional, financial and working life.
2021-09-24
How to check your email account security - Outlook, Outlook.com, Microsoft 365, Live, Hotmail, and MSN
How to
This step-by-step guide will explain how to check the security of your email account for Outlook.com, Microsoft 365, Live, Hotmail, and MSN on your desktop.
How to check your email account security - Gmail
This step-by-step guide will explain how to check the security of your email account for Gmail on your desktop.
2020-07-09
Backing Up and Restoring Your Files – For PC (Using an External Storage Device)
How to back up and restore your files on your PC using an external storage device.
2020-06-23
Be in control of what you share
You can control what information others see about you, to help reduce risk when you’re socialising online.
Backing Up and Restoring Your Files – For Mac (To the Cloud)
How to back up and restore files on your Mac using the cloud.
Backing Up and Restoring Your Files – For PC (To the Cloud)
How to back up your files on your PC using the cloud.
2020-12-10
Turn on real-time protection in Windows 10
Real-time protection is a security feature that helps stop malware from being installed on your device. This feature is built into Microsoft Defender, a comprehensive virus and threat detection program that is part of the Windows 10 security system.
Backing Up and Restoring Your Files – For iPhone (To the Cloud)
How to backup and restore data on your iPhone.
2021-08-17
Boost your cyber defences with backups
News
Backing up your data is one of the best defences against ransomware attacks conducted by the opportunistic cyber criminals who continue to threaten Australian businesses, organisations, and families.
Backing Up and Restoring Your Files – For Mac (Using an External Storage Device)
How to back up and restore files on your Mac using an external hard drive.
2021-09-15
ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report 2020-21
Reports and statistics
ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report - 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021
