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'ClickFix' attack tricks users into hacking themselves, ACSC warns:

"Verify that you are human" prompt used to deliver Vidar Stealer malware.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has stepped in to warn users of an active attack campaign targeting Windows users with Vidar Stealer malware, which is delivered through the so-called ClickFix social engineering technique.

🤷 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/clickfix-attack-tricks-users-into-hacking-themselves-acsc-warns-625692

#clickfix #acsc #malware #vidar #stealing #VidarStealer #australia #socialengineering

Joint guidance just released from leading Western security agencies on safely adopting agentic AI services. Key considerations, emerging risks, and best practices for implementation. Worth a read. #AI #AgenticAI #Cybersecurity #ASD #ACSC #CISA #NSA #CCCS #NCSCNZ #NCSCUK

Careful Adoption of Agentic AI...

The Austria Cyber Security Challenge #ACSC '26 has started! 🇦🇹

• Qualifications are live 1 March - 1 May
• Juniors, Seniors & Open categories
• Challenges from Web to Pwn, Crypto, Rev & more
• Finale in Linz this September

Join us & spread the word 👉 https://acsc.land/

#ACSC2026 #Cybersecurity #CTF #CyberSecurityAustria #TUWien #CySec #CyberTalent #Infosec

Wie errichte ich in meinem #Unternehmen eine stabile #Cybersecurity Architektur? Antworten auf diese Frage gibt eine dreiteilige Serie von Leitfäden vom Australian Cyber Security Centre #ACSC.

Die Veröffentlichungen sollen einen Weg aufzeigen, wie sichere IT-Designs und -Architekturen in die #Cybersicherheitsstrategie und #Resilienzplanung implementiert werden können. Dabei spielen auch Prinzipien wie Security by Design, Security by Default und #Zerotrust eine Rolle:

https://www.cyber.gov.au/business-government/secure-design/secure-by-design/modern-defensible-architecture

Hundreds of Australian Devices Compromised with BadCandy Implant https://thecyberexpress.com/150-australian-devices-have-badcandy-implant/ #CyberEssentials #BadCandyImplant #FirewallDaily #CyberNews #Australia #BadCandy #ACSC #ASD

Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/11/akira-ransomware-sonicwall-firewalls/ #vulnerability #ransomware #Don'tmiss #Australia #SonicWall #Hotstuff #Rapid7 #News #ACSC

Australia Warns of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting SonicWall VPN Flaw CVE-2024-40766 https://thecyberexpress.com/sonicwall-ssl-vpn-flaw-cve-2024-40766/ #TheCyberExpressNews #Vulnerabilities #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #CVE202440766 #CyberNews #SonicWall #ACSC #ASD

Australian Cyber Security Centre Urges Immediate Action to Combat Email Scammers https://cyble.com/blog/acsc-targets-email-scammers/ #AustralianCyberSecurityCentre #Cyberattack #Cybernews #Phishing #ACSC #ASD

What Makes Bulletproof Hosting Providers a Growing Danger in Australia https://thecyberexpress.com/acsc-targets-bulletproof-hosting-providers/ #AustralianCyberSecurityCentre #BulletproofHostingProviders #InternetServiceProviders #TheCyberExpressNews #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #CyberNews #ACSC #ISPs #BPH

Australian Cyber Security Centre Targets Bulletproof Hosting Providers to Disrupt Cybercrime Networks – Source:cyble.com https://ciso2ciso.com/australian-cyber-security-centre-targets-bulletproof-hosting-providers-to-disrupt-cybercrime-networks-sourcecyble-com/ #BulletproofHostingProviders(BPH) #AustralianCyberSecurityCentre #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #1CyberSecurityNewsPost #rssfeedsAutogenerated #CyberSecurityNews #0CISO2CISO #cybercrime #CybleBlog #'Cyber #ACSC

Australian Cyber Security Centre Targets Bulletproof Hosting Providers to Disrupt Cybercrime Networks https://cyble.com/blog/acsc-highlights-bulletproof-hosting-providers/ #BulletproofHostingProviders(BPH) #AustralianCyberSecurityCentre #Cybercrime #ACSC

ACSC Warns of Remote Code Execution Risk in Apache Struts2 https://cyble.com/blog/acsc-warns-of-remote-code-execution-risk-in-apache-struts2/ #Vulnerability #ApacheStruts2 #ACSC

How to choose secure, verifiable technologies? https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/12/06/how-to-choose-secure-technologies/ #riskassessment #procurement #enterprise #guidelines #Don'tmiss #hardware #software #News #ACSC #CISA #NCSC #SaaS #IoT #MSP

Australia’s ACSC and ASD Team Up with CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Allies to Protect Communications Infrastructure – Source:cyble.com https://ciso2ciso.com/australias-acsc-and-asd-team-up-with-cisa-nsa-fbi-and-international-allies-to-protect-communications-infrastructure-sourcecyble-com/ #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #1CyberSecurityNewsPost #rssfeedsAutogenerated #CyberSecurityNews #hardeningguidance #securebydesign #Vulnerability #CybleBlog #'Cyber #ACSC #CISA #ASD #FBI #NSA

Australia’s ACSC and ASD Team Up with CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Allies to Protect Communications Infrastructure https://cyble.com/blog/global-agencies-release-new-hardening-guidance/ #hardeningguidance #securebydesign #Vulnerability #ACSC #CISA #ASD #FBI #NSA

#ACSC

.. does this mean the ACSC member list has been breached, or fake ACSC emails are just being punted around at random?

https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/email-scammers-impersonating-asds-acsc

ACSC, CISA, FBI and NSA Unite for New Event Logging and Threat Detection Guide https://thecyberexpress.com/event-logging-and-threat-detection-guide/ #BestPracticesforEventLoggingandThreatDetection #EventLoggingandThreatDetection #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #ACSC #CISA #FBI #NSA

Australia’s ACSC has released their annual cyber threat report.

https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/reports-and-statistics/asd-cyber-threat-report-july-2022-june-2023

Always worth a read.

#infosec #australia #acsc #Cybersecurity

Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia's biggest cyber attack - The attack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyber att... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/push-to-ban-ransomware-payments-following-australia-s-biggest-cyber-attack #australiancybersecuritycentre #latitudefinancial #andrewtruswell #bizechlawyers #tornadocash #waynetufek #clareoneil #cyberrisk #andypenn #mixers #acsc

We (Microsoft) collaborated with the Australian government and published guidance for small businesses on how to protect your accounts with MFA using Azure Active Directory's Security Defaults feature.

FYI Azure AD MFA is available for free on ALL versions of Azure AD.

Check your settings and enable MFA today.

https://www.cyber.gov.au/acsc/view-all-content/publications/technical-example-multi-factor-authentication

#microsoft #security #smallbusiness #acsc