Cyber-crime
Alternative labels
Cyberterrorism
Cyber attacks
Cyber crime
Report
Estimating the cost of pure cybercrime to Australian individuals
This report estimates the cost of pure cyber-crime to individuals in Australia in 2019.
Policy report
Exfiltrate, encrypt, extort: the global rise of ransomware and Australia’s policy options
All governments, civil society groups and businesses—large and small—need to know how to manage and mitigate the risk of ransomware, but organisations can’t deal with the attacks on their own. This policy report addresses key areas in Australia where new policies and strategies and improved guidance are needed and also where better support for cybersecurity...
Discussion paper
Strengthening Australia’s cyber security regulations and incentives: a call for views
This discussion paper seeks the public's views about how the Australian government can encourage businesses to invest in cyber security, including through possible regulatory changes.
Report
Targeting scams: report of the ACCC on scams activity 2020
The report compiles data from Scamwatch, ReportCyber, other government agencies and 10 banks and financial intermediaries, and is based on more than 444,000 reports.
Report
Fraud and its relationship to pandemics and economic crises: from Spanish flu to COVID-19
This report seeks to draw out the common characteristics of frauds associated with pandemics. The report identifies some novel crime types and methodologies arising during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 that were not seen in previous pandemics.