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ASD's Essential Eight is evolving into the broader Essentials framework
In a sponsored Risky Business interview, Tom Uren speaks with Airlock Digital's Peter Baussmann about ASD's move from the Essential Eight to the Essentials framework. The new framework is broader and less prescriptive than the Essential Eight, and it requires more judgement from the organisations applying it.
Australian Signals Directorate cuts criminal access to 180,000 computers infected with Amadey malware
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) says its operators gained access to the backend of an Amadey malware operation and disconnected the controller from roughly 180,000 infected computers worldwide, including some in Australia. As a result, the criminal using Amadey can no longer access those machines or steal data from them. The articles quote an ASD statement describing the disconnection as the next step after gaining access.