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Essential Eight Assessment Guidance Package   News

Nov 23, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate has published updated guidance to help ensure consistent Essential Eight assessment across government and industry.

Protect yourself from ransomware   Guidance

Feb 12, 2025 - A ransomware attack could block you from accessing your device or the information on it. Take some time to consider how a ransomware attack might affect you.

New guidance to help fortify Australia’s critical infrastructure   News

Oct 13, 2025 - Australian CI is, and will continue to be, an attractive target for state-sponsored cyber actors. Read the CI Fortify publication to learn two actions CI operators can take to strengthen their resilience in preparation for instances of crisis or service disruption.

Safe software deployment: How software manufacturers can ensure reliability for customers   Publication

Oct 25, 2024 - It is critical for all software manufacturers to implement a safe software deployment program supported by verified processes, including robust testing and measurements.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning: Supply chain risks and mitigations   Publication

Oct 16, 2025 - This guidance is intended for organisations and staff that deploy or develop AI or ML systems and components.

Scattered Spider   Advisory

Jul 30, 2025 - This joint Cybersecurity Advisory is in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors, subsectors, and other sectors. This advisory provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) obtained through FBI investigations as recently as June 2025

Understand and invest in modern defensible architecture now   News

Oct 23, 2025 - We have released a new publication series in collaboration with our international partners on modern defensible architecture, providing organisations with a clear framework to begin investment and implementation.

Passkeys  

May 29, 2025 - Secure your online account with a passkey

Scammers impersonating police to target victims for cryptocurrency/seed wallet theft   Alert

Nov 13, 2025 - The ASD’s ACSC is aware that criminals are using Australia’s national cybercrime reporting channel and impersonating police to try to scam Australians out of funds from their cryptocurrency or seed wallets.

How to protect yourself from malware   Guidance

Nov 10, 2023 - Malware (short for 'malicious software') is software that cybercriminals use to harm your computer system or network. Cybercriminals can use malware to gain access to your computer without you knowing, in targeted or broad-based attacks.

Cyber security incident response planning: Practitioner guidance   Publication

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

Take action this Cyber Security Awareness Month   News

Oct 1, 2025 - Don’t get caught missing in action this Cyber Security Awareness Month.

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.

Supporting Australian organisations through a cyber security incident   Guidance

Oct 23, 2025 - Malicious cyber activity continues to pose a significant risk to Australia’s security and prosperity. Australian organisations that have been, or may be impacted by a cyber security incident, are encouraged to reach out to the Australian Signal’s Directorate (ASD) to seek technical incident response advice and assistance.

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.

Protecting Against Cyber Threats to Managed Service Providers and their Customers   Advisory

May 12, 2022 - This advisory describes cybersecurity best practices for information and communications technology (ICT), focusing on guidance that enables transparent discussions between MSPs and their customers on securing sensitive data.

2020-001-4: Remediation for critical vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway   Advisory

Jan 13, 2020 - On 19 January 2020, Citrix released patches for two versions of the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Citrix Gateway appliances. Citrix expects to have patches available across all supported versions of Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP before the end of January 2020.

Detecting socially engineered messages   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Socially engineered messages pose a significant threat to organisations. They can have a big impact, helping malicious actors access accounts, systems or sensitive information. Learn how to spot a socially engineered message, including through email, SMS, social media or messaging apps.

ASD's ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report, July 2021 to June 2022   Reports and statistics

Nov 4, 2022 - The Annual Cyber Threat Report is the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre's (ASD’s ACSC) flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyberthreats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online.

Spotting scams   Guidance

Learn how to identify phishing messages to stay safe and protect your personal information.