September 2019

CVE-2019-13467

Description: Western Digital SSD Dashboard before 2.5.1.0 and SanDisk SSD Dashboard before 2.5.1.0 applications are potentially vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks when the applications download resources from the Dashboard web service. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to substitute downloaded resources with arbitrary files.
Source: NIST
CVE-2019-13467

CVE-2019-17050

An issue was discovered in the Voyager package through 1.2.7 for Laravel. An attacker with admin privileges and Compass access can read or delete arbitrary files, such as the .env file. NOTE: a software maintainer has suggested a solution in which Compass is switched off in a production environment.
Source: NIST
CVE-2019-17050

German Police Bust Dark Web Hosting Cyber-Bunker Business

German Police Bust Dark Web Hosting Cyber-Bunker Business

Hundreds of servers used to support child pornography, cybercrime, and the sale of illegal drugs have been seized in a police raid on a former NATO bunker in Germany.



German authorities arrested thirteen people between the ages of 20 and 59 on Friday after busting up a dark web hosting operation being run from a heavily fortified five-floor military bunker in the peaceful riverside town of Traben-Trarbach. 



After breaking through an iron door to gain access to the temperature-controlled bunker, 600 police searched the 1.3-acre premises and found around 200 servers stored in stacks together with disks, mobile phones, documents, and a large sum of cash. 



A 59-year-old Dutchman, who purchased the bunker in 2013, is thought to be the owner and operator of the business, which offered secured “bulletproof” website hosting to illegal businesses and concealed their activities from authorities. Sites linked to the bunker include illegal online drug stores Cannabis Road, Orange Chemicals, and Wall Street Market, formerly the second-largest global marketplace for drugs, where users could also buy hacking tools and financial-theft ware.



Suspects arrested in connection with the raid are thought to have links to organized crime and are likely to be named as accessories to over 250,000 offenses involving money counterfeiting, drugs, data mining, forged documents, and the distribution of child pornography.



Seven of the people arrested are being held in custody, with two thought to hold previous convictions for running a similar business out of a former military bunker in the Netherlands, which was sold as CyberBunker. 



Regional criminal police chief Johannes Kunz said, “I think it’s a huge success . . . that we were able at all to get police forces into the bunker complex, which is still secured at the highest military level. We had to overcome not only real, or analog, protections; we also cracked the digital protections of the data center.”



Since the operation of the bunker hosting service isn’t illegal per se, German authorities must prove the suspects arrested were aware of the illegal behavior of the hosted businesses to secure a conviction. Evaluating the stored data to determine this could take anywhere from months to years. 



Commenting on the raid, Vectra‘s head of security, Chris Morales, said: “We need to see more collaboration like this which involves the coordination between digital forensics and investigation and physical police enforcement. I applaud all of the German law enforcement agencies involved on a job well done.”


Source: Infosecurity
German Police Bust Dark Web Hosting Cyber-Bunker Business

CVE-2019-13466

Western Digital SSD Dashboard before 2.5.1.0 and SanDisk SSD Dashboard before 2.5.1.0 have Incorrect Access Control. The ?generate reports? archive is protected with a hard-coded password. An application update that addresses the protection of archive encryption is available.
Source: NIST
CVE-2019-13466

Hiding a Data Breach Can Derail an Acquisition

Hiding a Data Breach Can Derail an Acquisition

Companies can drive down their value by hiding or mishandling data breaches, according to research by the world’s largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, (ISC)².



Researchers questioned 250 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts based in the US to determine how important a company’s cybersecurity program and breach history is in deciding its value ahead of a potential purchase. 



Findings shared in the Cybersecurity Assessments in Mergers and Acquisitions report, released today, revealed that 49% of M&A experts have seen deals derailed after due diligence brought an undisclosed breach to light. 



Researchers also found that 86% of respondents said if a company publicly reported a breach of customer or other critical data in its past, it would detract from the acquisition price assigned. However, if that breach was satisfactorily addressed and fixed, and any potential fines were already paid, 88% said it would minimize the negative impact to the overall valuation.



“While every company needs to make their own decisions regarding proper data breach disclosure policies, the research clearly shows that in the context of a possible sale, not being transparent about past breaches can literally kill a potential deal, or can seriously affect the ultimate sale price,” John McCumber, director of cybersecurity advocacy, North America, for (ISC)², told Infosecurity Magazine.



Having strong cybersecurity can give a company the edge over a competitor. Researchers found that 77% of experts had recommended a particular company be acquired over another because of the strength of its cybersecurity program.



The report is a reality check for companies who think a lackluster approach to cybersecurity won’t diminish their stock. All respondents stated that cybersecurity audits are now a standard practice in arriving at a dollars and cents valuation, and 96% said that cybersecurity readiness factors into the calculation when they are assessing the overall monetary value of a potential acquisition target.



“While most companies would rather not experience a breach in the first place, the study shows that those who deal with one, handle it well, and make adjustments to policies in order to limit their chances of a recurrence are looked at more favorably by potential buyers than those who seem doomed to repeat their mistakes,” McCumber told Infosecurity Magazine.



“Each deal is different. But what our report indicates is that in order to maximize the value of a deal, the acquisition target should ideally self-audit their cybersecurity program and readiness level in advance.”


Source: Infosecurity
Hiding a Data Breach Can Derail an Acquisition

CVE-2019-4106

IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 8.6 Admin Console is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 158099.
Source: NIST
CVE-2019-4106