{"id":3196,"date":"2024-06-24T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T08:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.d2na.com\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2024-06-24T09:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T08:07:20","slug":"weekly-security-news-24th-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d2na.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/weekly-security-news-24th-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Security News &#8211; 24th June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins read<\/span><\/span>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3196\" class=\"elementor elementor-3196\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-187cfe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"21845\" data-id=\"187cfe6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b29192d\" data-eae-slider=\"98304\" data-id=\"b29192d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0223af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0223af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UEFI vulnerabilities affecting Intel CPU's and phishing targeting financial firms... welcome to this week's Security News!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f43574f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"50219\" data-id=\"7f43574f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5416d241\" data-eae-slider=\"60453\" data-id=\"5416d241\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc00548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc00548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to this week&#8217;s Security News. We&#8217;ve collated the best articles from the around the internet and put them all into one place. If you have any queries or concerns about anything in this week&#8217;s news, then please get in touch with our team who can advise further. For our existing clients, if we believe anything may affect your organisation, our team will be in touch directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b25e90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"61587\" data-id=\"4b25e90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4c6942\" data-eae-slider=\"43869\" data-id=\"c4c6942\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619395d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"619395d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vulnerabilities and Patches<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b1665d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"31662\" data-id=\"5b1665d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7eaebc\" data-eae-slider=\"22089\" data-id=\"b7eaebc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8edd1c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8edd1c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VMware Issues Patches for Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655320d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655320d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vendor released fixes for three vulnerabilities, namely CVE-2024-37079, CVE-2024-37080, CVE-2024-37081, summarized as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CVE-2024-37079 &amp; CVE-2024-37080 (CVSS scores: 9.8) &#8211; Multiple heap-overflow vulnerabilities in the implementation of the DCE\/RPC protocol that could allow a bad actor with network access to vCenter Server to achieve remote code execution by sending a specially crafted network packet.<\/li>\n<li>CVE-2024-37081 (CVSS score: 7.8) &#8211; Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter arising due to the misconfiguration of sudo that an authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges could exploit to obtain root permissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd7f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cd7f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Researchers Uncover UEFI Vulnerability Affecting Multiple Intel CPUs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e52dae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e52dae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched security flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware that affects multiple families of Intel Core desktop and mobile processors. Tracked as CVE-2024-0762 (CVSS score: 7.5), the &#8220;UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow&#8221; vulnerability has been described as a case of a buffer overflow stemming from the use of an unsafe variable in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) configuration that could result in the execution of malicious code. &#8220;The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and gain code execution within the UEFI firmware during runtime,&#8221; supply chain security firm Eclypsium said in a report shared with The Hacker News.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89b0421 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"26228\" data-id=\"89b0421\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5066e3\" data-eae-slider=\"7389\" data-id=\"e5066e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6dccf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6dccf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cyber Attacks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf8cb17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"50082\" data-id=\"cf8cb17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7214b00\" data-eae-slider=\"78471\" data-id=\"7214b00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956f6a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"956f6a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AMD Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers to Sell Data<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80f6846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80f6846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chip giant AMD has launched an investigation after a notorious hacker announced selling sensitive data allegedly belonging to the company. The hacker known as IntelBroker announced earlier this week on the BreachForums cybercrime forum \u2014 which in the past years was shut down and resurrected several times \u2014 that he was \u201cselling the AMD.com data breach\u201d. The data offered for sale allegedly includes information on future AMD products, customer and employee databases, datasheets, source code, property files, firmware, and financial documents. The employee database allegedly includes information such as name, job role, phone number, and email address.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af20360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af20360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ONNX phishing service targets Microsoft 365 accounts at financial firms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd45dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd45dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called ONNX Store is targeting Microsoft 365 accounts for employees at financial firms using QR codes in PDF attachments. The platform can target both Microsoft 365 and Office 365 email accounts and operates via Telegram bots and features two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass mechanisms. Researchers at EclecticIQ who discovered the activity believe that ONNX is a rebranded version of the Caffeine phishing kit managed by the Arabic-speaking threat actor MRxC0DER. Mandiant discovered caffeine in October 2022, when the platform targeted Russian and Chinese platforms instead of Western services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c0cd60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"98460\" data-id=\"8c0cd60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1551a52\" data-eae-slider=\"15580\" data-id=\"1551a52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a0fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53a0fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Other News...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2600266 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"64672\" data-id=\"2600266\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464bc12\" data-eae-slider=\"6457\" data-id=\"464bc12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bacf094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bacf094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b139fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b139fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an &#8220;extremely critical&#8221; zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them. Details of the incident were shared by Kraken&#8217;s Chief Security Officer, Nick Percoco, on X (formerly Twitter), stating it received a Bug Bounty program alert from the researcher about a bug that &#8220;allowed them to artificially inflate their balance on our platform&#8221; without sharing any other details Within minutes of receiving the alert, the company said it identified a security issue that essentially permitted an attacker to &#8220;initiate a deposit onto our platform and receive funds in their account without fully completing the deposit.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b719d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b719d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highly Evasive SquidLoader Malware Targets China<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dc30d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99dc30d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A recently discovered malware loader dubbed SquidLoader is linked to an unknown threat actor that has been targeting Chinese-speaking victims for two years, LevelBlue Labs (formerly AT&amp;T Alien Labs) reports. 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