Online Advisories & Alerts

TLP Rating: White

Website Defacement

CERT Vanuatu and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provides the following advisory.
This is to advise all Web host users, managers and business houses in Vanuatu that there have been cases of website defacement identified by CERT Vanuatu. The website defacer calls themselves as “Phenix-TN & Mr. Anderson” as shown below in Figure 1:

TLP Rating: Amber

CERT Vanuatu and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) are giving everyone this international advisory from Intel's advisory centre. We acknowledge the work of Intel with this advisory.

1. INTEL-SA-00145: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00145.html

TLP Rating: White

Email Scam Alerts

CERT Vanuatu and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provides the following advisory. This is to advise all Internet users in Vanuatu that there are Email Scam threats received by users in the following form/format with Subject header:

TLP Rating: White

CERT Vanuatu and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) have identified the following threat:

1. SQL Injection Attempt: Multiple probing and SQL injection attempts over HTTP requests from international IP sources have been constantly recorded.

TLP Rating: Green

What are fake Apps?

Fake apps are Android or iOS applications that mimic the look and/or functionality of legitimate applications to trick unsuspected users to install them. These are created by scammers and cyber-criminals to perform a variety of malicious actions.

TLP Rating: White

CERT Vanuatu and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) have identified the following threat:

1. Trojan Malware: A Trojan malware variant targeting bitcoin mining and online payment transaction events.