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Government of Malawi officially launches the Child Online Protection Initiative
On the 7th of February 2025 the Government of Malawi officially launched the Child Online Protection Initiative.The First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera who is the the Child Online Protection Ambassador called for a shared a responsibility in ensuring the protection and safety of children in the country on digital platforms. Presiding over the official launch
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Macra officially closes the Cybersecurity Awareness Month
The Authority officially closed the set-aside month of November as the cyber security awareness month under the theme “Secure Our World”.The closing event took place at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre with different activities to mark the day. MACRA Board Director Stella Chuthi is presiding over the event. In her remarks, Chuthi said over the past
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Cisco’s Decade-Old ASA WebVPN Vulnerability being Exploited by Attacker
The Malawi Computer Emergency Response Team warns cisco customers of active exploitation of a decade-old security flaw impacting its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2014-2120 (CVSS score: 4.3), concerns a case of insufficient input validation in ASA’s WebVPN login page that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS)
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Empowering the Next Generation: Cybersecurity Awareness School Outreach Program
In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is more important than ever. As students spend an increasing amount of time online, they are more vulnerable to online threats such as phishing, identity theft, and cyberbullying. To address this growing concern, we are excited to announce that a team led by our Consumer Affairs Manager Mr Hatchson Mkwapatira
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MACRA Visits Lilongwe Girls Secondary School in Commemoration of the Cybersecurity Awareness Month
The Authority set aside the month of November as the cyber security awareness month under the theme “Secure Our World”. As part of the commemoration one of the activities we are undertaking are school outreach programs. On the 15th of November the MACRA team was at Lilongwe girls secondary school to educate and equip students on
MACRA Visits Nyasa International Academy As Part of Cyber Security Awareness
.October is the Cyber Security Awareness Month. The month is being commemorated under the theme “Secure Our World”. Cybersecurity Awareness Month, aims to educate individuals and organizations about the importance of cybersecurity.. The concept revolves around promoting safe online practices, sharing knowledge about potential threats, and encouraging proactive measures to protect personal and sensitive information.
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Malawi rated highly in the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index
The fifth edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2024 has rated Malawi highly with a score of 80% from 36% in 2020. The report measures the commitment of countries to cybersecurity in the context of measures across the following five pillars: Legal, Technical, Organizational, Capacity development and Cooperation.. Reacting to the news, MACRA Director
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Malware Locks Browser in Kiosk Mode to Steal Google Credentials
Malawi CERT advices google services users about a malware that is using the unusual method of locking users in their browser’s kiosk mode to annoy them into entering their Google credentials, which are then stolen by information-stealing malware. Specifically, the malware “locks” the user’s browser on Google’s login page with no obvious way to close
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Macra Hosts a Get Safe Online Ambassador Training
MACRA Director General Daud Elvin Suleman challenged local content creators that the ball is in their hands to move the country towards that “beautiful digital economy.” If you ask any social media influencer, the dream is to one day make big money through content monetization. And this is possible. Unfortunately, this is an animal that
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