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Online Advisories & Alerts

CERT VU advisories & alerts disclose current reported cyber security vulnerabilities and threats identified in Vanuatu. The advisories deliver provide a summary of the threat analysed. Descriptions of the threat reported and mitigation procedures are provided as part of the advisory on how to mitigate the threats to minimise their impacts. Finally, a Traffic Light Protocol (TLP: Colour – See guides page for more information) indicator to show the level or information security and sharing rights.

Advisory 29

Impact: High

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 06th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu discovered on a number of reputable sources of a tool called “TeamsPhisher” which was developed by Security experts at the US Navy has recently discovered a flaw in Microsoft Teams.  

Advisory 28

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 22nd, 2023, VMware has released a security update to address multiple corruption vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

Advisory 27

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 22nd 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on several Apple products with multiple vulnerabilities..

Advisory 26

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 15th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for a privilege escalation vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer – a managed File Transfer Software.

Advisory 25

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.

On June 12th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that Fortinet has released security updates to address a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2023-27997.

Advisory 24

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provides the following advisory.

On June 07th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), that Mozilla Products have been identified to be vulnerable, and Mozilla has released security updates to address these vulnerabilities.