Complete DHS Daily Report for November 21, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Around 89,000 residents remained without
power in Michigan after severe weekend storms knocked out service. – Detroit
Free Press
1.
November 20, Detroit Free Press – (Michigan) 89,000
in Michigan still without power after storm. Utility crews continued work
November 20 to restore power to about 89,000 customers throughout Michigan’s
Lower Peninsula that remained without electricity after severe storms November
17 knocked out service. Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20131120/NEWS06/311200082/100-000-Michigan-still-without-power-after-storm
• One of the largest manufacturers of
chromium, Elementis Chromium, Inc., will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency $2,571,800 in penalties for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act.
– U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
6.
November 14, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
– (North Carolina; Texas) Chemical company failed to disclose
public health risks, judge rules in favor of EPA. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency ordered Elementis Chromium, Inc. a chromium chemicals
manufacturer based out of East Windsor, New Jersey, to pay a penalty of
$2,571,800 for failing to disclose information about risks to worker’s health from
exposure to hexavalent chromium at chemical production plants, as required by
the Toxic Substances Control Act. Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4B8EB302194A1D5E85257C23006E747C
• In a settlement with the U.S. Department of
Justice, JPMorgan Chase will pay $13 billion in penalties for selling
non-compliant residential mortgage-backed securities. – USA Today (See
item 12) below in the Financial Services Sector
• USPlabs LLC announced an expanded recall of additional
OxyELITE Pro dietary supplement products linked to liver damage cases in Hawaii
that are being investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. – U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
24. November
19, U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National) USPlabs LLC
announces a recall of OxyELITE Pro dietary supplements due to possible health
risk, recall expanded to include: raspberry lemonade OxyELITE Pro super thermo
powder. USPlabs LLC of Dallas, Texas, voluntarily expanded a recalled of
OxyElite Pro dietary supplement products, to include OxyElite Pro Super Thermo
capsules, OxyElite Pro Ultra-Intense Thermo capsules, and OxyElite Pro Super
Thermo Powder, because the products contain Aegeline, which has been associated
with liver damage cases in Hawaii. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
investigation of these products is ongoing. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm375740.htm
Details
Financial Services Sector
12. November
20, USA Today – (National) JPMorgan, Justice Dept. reach $13B settlement. JPMorgan
Chase and the U.S. Department of Justice finalized an agreement November 19
where the bank admitted that residential mortgage-backed securities it sold did
not comply with guidelines and were not fit for sale. JPMorgan Chase agreed to
pay $13 billion in penalties to settle the case. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/19/jpmorgan-justice-department-settlement/3638137/
13. November
19, Reuters – (Texas) Texas bank robber ‘Mesh Mask Bandit’ pleads guilty:
records. A Farmer’s Branch, Texas man known as the “Mesh Mask Bandit”
pleaded guilty November 19 to robbing or attempting to rob a total of 20 banks
in 2013. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/19/us-usa-texas-maskbandit-idUSBRE9AI1BH20131119
14. November
19, IDG News Service – (International) Court shuts down online business listing
operation. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
issued a temporary restraining order against a Canada-based online business
listing operation that allegedly used fraudulent tactics to induce small
businesses and churches to pay more than $14 million for business listings they
did not order. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/111913-court-shuts-down-online-business-276131.html
15. November
19, Colorado Springs Gazette – (Colorado) Colorado Springs
businessman convicted of fraud. A Colorado Springs businessman was
convicted of 13 counts of securities fraud and racketeering November 18 for
raising $8.5 million for purported vacation home investments and then using the
money to pay investors in other ventures he controlled and for personal
expenses. Source: http://gazette.com/colorado-springs-businessman-brian-wellens-convicted-of-fraud/article/1509579
Information Technology Sector
38. November
20, Krebs on Security – (International) Cupid Media hack exposed
42M passwords. Personal information including names, unencrypted passwords,
email addresses, and birthdays belonging to around 42 million Cupid Media
customers was discovered on the same servers that stored stolen information
from Adobe, PR Newswire, and other organizations. The Australia-based dating
site company stated that the data appeared to be related to a January 2013
breach. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/11/cupid-media-hack-exposed-42m-passwords/
39. November
20, V3.co.uk – (International) Google adds Android and Apache to open source
security rewards programme. Google expanded its security rewards program
for researchers who reveal security issues to include its Android mobile operating
system, Apache httpd, and others. Google plans to further expand the platforms
included in the program before the end of the year. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2308040/google-adds-android-and-apache-to-open-source-security-rewards-programme
40. November
20, Softpedia – (International) Your LG Smart TV is spying on you, even if
you tell it to stop. A security researcher found that LG Smart TVs can
collect data on channels watched, device IDs, and the file names of external
media even if the device’s advertisement service option is disabled. The
information is then transmitted without encryption. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Your-LG-Smart-TV-Is-Spying-on-You-Even-If-You-Tell-It-to-Stop-401874.shtml
41. November
20, Help Net Security – (New Jersey) E-Sports to pay $1M to
settle covert Bitcoin mining complaint. E-Sports Entertainment entered into
a settlement with the State of New Jersey and agreed to pay $1 million to
resolve allegations that it infected around 14,000 computers in New Jersey with
malware that allowed E-Sports to monitor subscribers’ program usage, mine
Bitcoins, and create a botnet. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15984
42. November
19, Softpedia – (International) Google Ads point to fake Snapchat downloads. Researchers
at ThreatTrack Security found that users searching for “Snapchat download” may
encounter sponsored results that lead to potentially unwanted applications when
they intend to download Snapchat. Similar campaigns of misleading sponsored
search results have appeared on Bing as well. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Ads-Point-to-Fake-Snapchat-Downloads-401630.shtml
43. November
19, SC Magazine – (International) Phony anti-virus programs evade detection
with stolen certificates. Researchers at BitDefender found a fake antivirus
program named Antivirus Security Pro utilizing stolen digital certificates
issued for East Entertainment Services in 2012. BitDefender contacted Ease
Entertainment so that the certificates can be revoked. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/phony-anti-virus-programs-evade-detection-with-stolen-certificates/article/321734/
44. November
18, IDG News Service – (International) Hackers actively exploiting JBoss
vulnerability to compromise servers, researchers say. Researchers have
spotted an increase in attackers using a known vulnerability found in products
from several vendors to compromise JBoss Java EE application servers. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/111913-hackers-actively-exploiting-jboss-vulnerability-276071.html
45. November
18, IDG News Service – (International) Google to pay $17 million to States in Apple
cookies case. Google reached a settlement with 37 States and the District
of Columbia over its unauthorized placement of cookies on devices running Apple’s
Safari Web browser, and agreed to pay $17 million. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/111813-google-to-pay-17-million-276070.html
Communications Sector
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