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AusCERT is the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Australia and a leading CERT in the Asia/Pacific region. As a trusted Australian contact within a worldwide network of computer security experts, we provide computer incident prevention, response and mitigation strategies for members, a national alerting service and an incident reporting scheme.


Latest Security Bulletins

 denotes AusCERT member only content. AA-2008.0102 -- [Win] -- Microsoft XP Service Pack 3 is now available - Overview of the new features in Windows XP Service Pack 3 (09/05/2008)

AL-2008.0054 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- Adobe Reader and Acrobat - Multiple vulnerabilities - Update to Adobe products to correct vulnerabilities which are actively being exploited. (08/05/2008)

ESB-2008.0453 -- [Win] -- Akamai Download Manager Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability - Remote exploitation of Akamai Download Manager allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the current user. (02/05/2008)

ESB-2008.0415 -- [UNIX/Linux] -- Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2008-006 - A vulnerability in Asterisk may allow the server to be used in an amplification attack. (30/04/2008)

ESB-2008.0432 -- [Win] -- Multiple Antivirus and Firewalls - Insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT functions - Insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT functions on multiple Antivirus and Firewalls have been found that could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly to code execution attacks. (29/04/2008)

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Latest News

Protecting your computer from malicious code - This paper provides practical advice for protecting the PC desk top environment from malicious code for home users, SMEs or organisations without dedicated IT staff. (07/03/2008)

Practical Computer Security slides - AusCERT has released a basic Microsoft Powerpoint presentation to assist organisations with providing introductory computer security awareness training to individuals. (28/02/2008)

Counter e-Crime Operations Summit 2008 - The Anti-Phishing Working Group is hosting a "Counter e-Crime Operations Summit 2008" in Tokyo in May 2008. (08/02/2008)

 denotes AusCERT member only content. AusCERT DDoS Paper - This paper has been developed by AusCERT to share some of the experiences, and lessons learned from a Distributed Denial of Service attack on the AusCERT web server. (24/12/2007)

OWASP Australia Application Security Conference 2008 - AusCERT supports the efforts of OWASP, who have kindly offered a discount to AusCERT members for the upcoming conference. (20/12/2007)


Latest News

 denotes AusCERT member only content. One vulnerability, hundreds of thousands of compromises. - Many thousand sites compromised with iframes. (09/05/2008)

 denotes AusCERT member only content. Signing up to sign out - When is phishing not phishing? (02/05/2008)

 denotes AusCERT member only content. A lower total cost of 0wn3rship - What do you do when your website is infecting your customers and your hosting provider won't take your calls? (24/04/2008)

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Most Popular Pages

ESB-2008.0354 -- [Appliance] -- HP USB Floppy Drive Key (Option) for ProLiant Servers, Local Virus Infection


Choosing good passwords
Choosing a good password is a trade off between something that is difficult to guess versus something that is easy to remember. This article provides some simple rules of thumb on choosing good passwords (and good password policies).

2006 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey
The survey provides the most up to date and authoritative analysis of computer network attack and computer misuse trends in Australia for 2006. The survey aims to raise awareness of the complex nature of computer security issues, identify areas of concern and, where appropriate, to motivate organisations to take a more active role in protecting their systems.

AusCERT RSS feeds of Security Bulletins
This page discusses RSS bulletin feeds available from AusCERT and describes how to set them up.

Protecting your computer from malicious code
This paper provides practical advice for protecting the PC desk top environment from malicious code for home users, SMEs or organisations without dedicated IT staff.