The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre’s ASD Cyber Threat Report has been released.
The report explains how cyber threats affect Australia, how ASD is responding, and advice on how to protect yourself against common cyber threats.
This year’s report found that malicious cyber activity in Australia continued to increase in terms of frequency, cost and severity compared to the previous year.
Specifically, the report found:
- There were nearly 94,000 cybercrime reports submitted to ReportCyber, an increase of 23% compared to the 2021-22 financial year.
- On average, one report is now received every 6 minutes.
- The top 3 types of cybercrimes reported by individuals were identity fraud, online banking fraud, and online shopping fraud.
- These 3 cybercrimes accounted for 52% of all reported cases by individuals.
You can better protect yourself online by staying informed about current cyber threats and using best practice advice to minimise risks.
You can read the full report here.
