What’s happened? The Australian Government is aware of, and responding to, a sustained targeting of Australian governments and companies by a sophisticated state-based actor. A range of tactics, techniques and procedures are being used to…
Continued widespread reports of COVID-19 malicious scams
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a significant increase in Australians being targeted with COVID-19 themed scams, fraud attempts and deceptive email schemes. Cybercrime actors are pivoting their online criminal…
Beware of scam emails threatening to reveal personal…
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is warning Australians to be alert to an email ‘sextortion’ campaign. The ACSC has received more than 1,900 reports of the emails since 9 April. The cyber scammers…
Widespread reports of COVID-19 malicious scams being sent…
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a significant increase in Australians being targeted with COVID-19 related scams and phishing emails. In the last three months, the ACSC and the Australian Competition…
COVID-19 scam messages targeting Australians
What’s happened? ASD’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of a COVID-19 themed scam being distributed via text message. We understand the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s Scamwatch has received multiple reports of…
Cyber security is essential when preparing for COVID-19
What’s happened? Businesses around the country are looking at ways to protect their staff and vulnerable members of the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. Instructing their staff to work remotely may be one way of…
Our top alerts of 2019 – scams, exploits…
With a new year well underway, we’ve recapped some of our top alerts from 2019, with pointers on how to protect yourself against each threat. 1. Check before you click. Scammers pretended to be Australia…
Australia Post SMS scam targeting Australians
What’s happened? With millions of parcel deliveries expected around the country, Australia Post is seeing widespread scam text (SMS) messages being sent to people, using their brand. These fake SMS messages may tell you that…
Cybercriminals targeting unpatched versions of Windows to take…
What’s happened? The Australian Cyber Security Centre has received reports that hackers are using a security vulnerability called BlueKeep to install malicious software on devices using older versions of Windows. This follows on from the…