Alerts

Domain slamming is a scam in which the offending domain name registrar attempts to trick domain owners into switching from their existing registrar to theirs, under the pretense that the customer is simply renewing their subscription to their current registrar. Malawi CERT warns about seemingly urgent emails from a ‘Domain Registry in China’, claiming that […]

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT)warns about a widespread Facebook phishing campaign stating, “I can’t believe he is gone. I’m gonna miss him so much,” leads unsuspecting users to a website that steals your Facebook credentials. The Facebook phishing posts come in two forms, with one simply stating, “I can’t believe he is

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT)warns about pirated applications that are targeting Apple macOS users containing a backdoor capable of granting attackers remote control to infected machines.”These applications are being hosted on Chinese pirating websites in order to gain victims,” a Threat Labs researcher said. Once detonated, the malware will download and execute

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT) warns of an actively exploited vulnerability in the Chrome web browser, tracked as CVE-2023-2033. This vulnerability poses a high-severity risk and has been described as a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript engine. The vulnerability could potentially allow cybercriminals to access your vulnerable system. To address

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT) warns of a vulnerability reported by HP concerning certain LaserJet printer models. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-1707 and assigned a critical severity score of 9.1, could result in the disclosure of sensitive information. It affects specific HP Enterprise LaserJet and HP LaserJet Managed Printers that have IPsec

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT) cautions against a concerning cybersecurity trend where malicious browser add-on extensions are being used to steal personal data from unsuspecting users. A recent example is the fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension, identified as a tool used by cybercriminals to hijack Facebook accounts and compromise users’ personal information.

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team (Malawi CERT) is urging people to exercise caution when using Python libraries, especially those available on the PyPI repository. The warning follows the discovery by ReversingLabs of 41 malicious Python packages that are posing as legitimate modules on PyPI. The Malawi CERT is advising users to verify package integrity

The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team is reminding individuals and businesses to stay up to date with the latest software and security updates. One such update that should not be ignored is the January 2023 patch from Microsoft. This patch addresses 98 vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, including those that could potentially be exploited