{"id":3800,"date":"2024-08-26T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.d2na.com\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2024-08-23T17:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T16:01:44","slug":"weekly-security-news-26th-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d2na.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/weekly-security-news-26th-august-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Security News &#8211; 26th August 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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins read<\/span><\/span>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3800\" class=\"elementor elementor-3800\" 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=\"1774\" 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=\"75694\" 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\">SolarWinds leaking credentials, major backdoor in RFID cards and a new phishing technique found... all in 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=\"70174\" 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=\"73149\" 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=\"23756\" 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=\"71627\" 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=\"55358\" 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=\"37165\" 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\">SolarWinds Leaks Credentials in Hotfix for Exploited Web Help Desk Flaw<\/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>The enterprise software maker warns that the hardcoded credential blunder, which was assigned CVE-2024-28987, with a CVSS score of 9.1, could allow a \u201cremote unauthenticated user to access internal functionality and modify data\u201d. Released for Web Help Desk 12.8.3.1813 or 12.8.3 HF1, the new hotfix not only removes the inadvertently leaked secrets, but also adds more patterns to fix an SSO issue, and resolves the critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) bug that the initial hotfix was meant to 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-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\">Major Backdoor in Millions of RFID Cards Allows Instant Cloning<\/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>The backdoor, documented in a research paper by Quarkslab researcher Philippe Teuwen, allows the instantaneous cloning of RFID smart cards used to open office doors and hotel rooms around the world. Although the backdoor requires just a few minutes of physical proximity to an affected card to conduct an attack, an attacker in a position to carry out a supply chain attack could execute such attacks instantaneously at scale.<\/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=\"33011\" 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=\"9757\" 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=\"92538\" 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=\"99459\" 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\">New Phishing Technique Bypasses Security on iOS and Android to Steal Bank Credentials<\/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>On both iOS and Android platforms, ESET warns that cybercriminals used Progressive Web Applications (PWA), which are websites bundled to look like stand-alone applications, while on Android they also used WebAPKs, which appear to be installed from Google Play. Built using web application technologies, PWAs can run on various platforms and device types, and do not require the user to allow third-party app installation. As part of the observed attacks, iOS users were instructed to add the PWA to home screens, while Android users had to confirm certain custom pop-ups in the browser before the application was installed.<\/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-27f0f26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"85556\" data-id=\"27f0f26\" 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-b9f5272\" data-eae-slider=\"52992\" data-id=\"b9f5272\" 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-27e6ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27e6ed7\" 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\">Oil Giant Halliburton Confirms Cyber Incident, Details Scarce<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03344f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03344f3\" 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>Halliburton, considered the world\u2019s second largest oil service company, has engaged with external experts to investigate and mitigate the threat, according to a <em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0news report. Technical details on the breach remain scarce but the compromise has all the hallmarks of a typical ransomware attack where sensitive data is encrypted and used in multi million-dollar extortion demands. <em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0said the Halliburton cyberattack impacted the company\u2019s north Houston campus, as well as some global connectivity networks.<\/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=\"83026\" 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=\"84610\" 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=\"58694\" 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=\"37171\" 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\">Windows Zero-Day Attack Linked to North Korea\u2019s Lazarus APT<\/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>The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193\u00a0and marked as \u2018actively exploited\u2019 by Microsoft, allows SYSTEM privileges on the latest Windows operating systems. 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