All archived alerts and advisories Title TypeAdvisoryAlert StatusCRITICALHIGHMEDIUMLOW AudienceIndividuals & familiesSmall & medium businessesOrganisations & Critical InfrastructureGovernment Sort by Sort byDate updated (new to old)Date updated (old to new)Title (A-Z)Title (Z-A) Items per page 61218243036424854606672788490200 08 May 2020 Alert rating: High Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors targeting Australian health sector organisations and COVID-19 essential services 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. Audience focus: Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government 08 May 2020 Advisory Advisory 2020-009: Recommendations to mitigate APT actors targeting health sector and COVID-19 essential services The ACSC recommends that organisations in the health sector implement the following cyber security mitigations: Audience focus: Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government 20 Apr 2020 Advisory Threat update: COVID-19 malicious cyber activity 20 April 2020 The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) continues to receive reports from individuals, businesses and government departments about a range of different COVID-19 themed scams, online frauds and phishing campaigns. This threat update is about raising awareness of the evolving nature of COVID-19 related malicious cyber activity impacting Australians. Audience focus: Individuals & families Small & medium businesses Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government 16 Apr 2020 Alert rating: High Sextortion email campaign impacting Australians A large number of Australians are being impacted by an email ‘sextortion’ campaign in which the cyber scammers responsible have threatened to release personal and sensitive information to the recipients’ contacts unless the scammer is paid in cash or bitcoin. Audience focus: Individuals & families 16 Apr 2020 Advisory Sextortion campaign - What to do if you receive the email In most cases, there is no reason to be concerned. These emails are typically generated in their thousands by online scammers using limited personal details, with the aim of intimidating recipients into paying the ransom. Audience focus: Individuals & families 27 Mar 2020 Advisory Threat update: COVID-19 malicious cyber activity 27 March 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. Audience focus: Individuals & families Small & medium businesses Organisations & Critical Infrastructure Government Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 20 Next page ›› Alerts and Advisories View our recent alerts and advisories Alerts and Advisories Advice, guidance and publications Reports and statistics News Programs Glossary