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BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Spyware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and civil society actors   Advisory

Apr 9, 2025 - This advisory is jointly produced by government agencies from the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the US and is supported by members of the NCSC’s Cyber League. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the growing threat that malicious cyber actors pose to individuals connected to topics including Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, democracy movements and the Falun Gong.

The silent heist: cybercriminals use information stealer malware to compromise corporate networks   Advisory

Sep 2, 2024 - Information stealer malware steals user login credentials and system information that cyber threat actors exploit, predominantly for monetary gain. Information stealers have been observed in attacks against multiple organisations and sectors worldwide, including Australia. This advisory provides readers with cyber security guidance on information stealers, including threat activity and mitigation advice for individuals and organisations.

Joint advisory released for Managed Service Providers and Customers to mitigate cybersecurity risks   News

May 12, 2022 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has today joined with international cyber security agency partners, to warn Managed Service Providers (MSP) of pressing cyber risks and provide guidance on suitable mitigations for them and their customers.

Cyber security incident response planning: Executive guidance   Publication

Dec 12, 2024 - The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is responsible for monitoring and responding to cyber threats targeting Australian interests. Reporting cyber security incidents to ASD ensures that timely assistance can be provided, if required. This may be in the form of investigations or remediation advice.

Restricting administrative privileges   Publication

Nov 27, 2023 - Learn how to restrict the use of administrative privileges. Restricting administrative privileges forms part of the Essential Eight from the Strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents.

The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture in 2020   Reports and statistics

Jun 10, 2021 - The Commonwealth Cyber Security Posture Report in 2020 informs the Parliament of the status of the Commonwealth’s cybersecurity posture. Overall, the report found that Commonwealth entities continued to improve their cybersecurity in 2020. Ongoing effort is required to maintain the currency and effectiveness of cybersecurity measures.

Iranian cyber actors’ brute force and credential access activity compromises critical infrastructure   Advisory

Oct 17, 2024 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn network defenders on Iranian cyber actors’ compromising, frequently using brute force attacks, organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the healthcare and public health (HPH), government, information technology, engineering, and energy sectors. The actors likely aim to obtain credentials and information describing the victim’s network that can then be sold to enable access to cybercriminals.

Security configuration guide: Viasat Mobile Dynamic Defense   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - ASD has developed this guide to assist Australian’s to understand risks when deploying Viasat MDD devices and the security requirements that need to be met to allow them to handle classified data.

Guidelines for communications systems   Advice

Sep 4, 2025 - This chapter of the Information security manual (ISM) provides guidance on communications systems.

2020-013 Ransomware targeting Australian aged care and healthcare sectors   Advisory

Aug 2, 2020 - Recently there has been a significant increase in healthcare or COVID-19 themed malicious cyber activity, including targeting of the aged care and healthcare sectors by financially motivated cyber criminals using the ‘Maze’ ransomware.

"Bulletproof" hosting providers   Publication

Jan 22, 2025 - Bulletproof hosting (BPH) providers lease cybercriminals a virtual and/or physical infrastructure from which to operate. BPH providers are a specific class of internet infrastructure service that enables malicious actors (including cybercriminals) to host illicit content and run operations on the internet.

Implementing certificates, TLS, HTTPS and opportunistic TLS   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a widely used encryption protocol which enables parties to communicate securely over the internet. Through the use of certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), parties can identify each other through a trusted intermediary and establish encrypted tunnels for the secure transfer of information.

Hacking   Threat

Jan 5, 2023 - Hacking refers to unauthorised access of a system or network, often to exploit a system’s data or manipulate its normal behaviour.

Protecting industrial control systems   Publication

Jul 1, 2018 - Industrial control systems are essential to our daily life. They control the water we drink, the electricity we rely on and the transport that moves us all. It is critical that cyberthreats to industrial control systems are understood and mitigated appropriately to ensure essential services continue to provide for everyone.

Identifying and Mitigating Living Off the Land Techniques   Advisory

Feb 8, 2024 - This Guide, authored by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the following agencies (hereafter referred to as the authoring agencies), provides information on common living off the land (LOTL) techniques and common gaps in cyber defense capabilities.

Report and recover  

Respond to cyber threats and take steps to protect yourself from further harm.

Personal cyber security: First steps guide   Guidance

Apr 14, 2023 - The first of three cyber security guides in the personal cyber security series is designed to help everyday Australians understand a basic level of cyber security and how to take action to protect themselves from cyber threats.

Managing the risks of legacy IT: Practitioner guidance   Publication

Jun 12, 2024 - This publication provides guidance for practitioners on managing the risks posed by legacy IT and outlines low-cost mitigations that organisations can draw upon.

Spotting scams   Guidance

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

Engaging with artificial intelligence   Publication

Jan 24, 2024 - The purpose of this paper is to provide organisations with guidance on how to use artificial intelligence (AI) systems securely. The paper summarises some important threats related to AI systems and includes cybersecurity mitigation strategies to aid organisations in engaging with AI while managing risk. It provides mitigations to assist both organisations that maintain their own AI systems and organisations that use third-party AI systems.

Advisory 2020-017: Resumption of Emotet malware campaign   Advisory

Oct 30, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has observed the resumption of an ongoing and widespread campaign of malicious emails designed to spread the Emotet malware across a variety of sectors in the Australian economy, including critical infrastructure providers and government agencies.

Types of scams   Guidance

Learn about the common types of scams, how to identify them and how to recover from them.

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).

Business Continuity in a Box   Guidance

Aug 21, 2024 - Business Continuity in a Box assists organisations to swiftly and securely stand up critical business functions during or following a cybersecurity incident that has affected the availability or trust of existing systems.

Implementing SIEM and SOAR platforms   Guidance

May 27, 2025 - SIEM and SOAR platforms can greatly benefit your organisation by collecting, centralising, and analysing important data, detecting cyber security events and incidents and prompting timely intervention.

Cybersecurity for charities and not-for-profits   Guidance

Mar 12, 2024 - How to avoid common cyberthreats and protect your mission .

How to manage your security when engaging a managed service provider   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - Understand the actions organisations can take to manage the security risks posed by engaging and authorising network access for managed service providers.

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Best practices for event logging and threat detection   Publication

Aug 22, 2024 - This publication defines a baseline for event logging best practices to mitigate cyber threats.

Security configuration guide: Samsung Galaxy S10, S20 and Note 20 devices   Publication

Oct 6, 2021 - ASD has developed this guide to assist Australian’s to understand risks when deploying Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Note devices and the security requirements that need to be met to allow them to handle classified data.