Friday, October 25, 2013



Complete DHS Daily Report for October 25, 2013

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 • Suzuki announced a recall of 210,228 motorcycles due to braking system issues. – Associated Press

4. October 24, Associated Press – (National) Suzuki recalling 210,228 motorcycles in the U.S. Suzuki announced a recall of 210,228 model year 2004-2013 GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 and model year 2005-2013 GSX-R1000 vehicles due to an issue with the braking system that can reduce braking power. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/10/24/suzuki-recalling-210228-motorcycles-in-us/

 • Bank of America and a former Countrywide executive were found liable for $848.2 million in losses to Freddie Mack and Fannie Mae caused by shoddy loans sold to the two organizations. – Reuters See item 7 below in the Banking and Finance Sector

 • Reser’s Fine Foods recalled approximately 109,000 cases of refrigerated ready-to-eat products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

17. October 22, U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National; International) Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. recalls refrigerated ready-to-eat products due to potential health risk. Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, Oregon, recalled approximately 109,000 cases of refrigerated ready-to-eat products manufactured at its Topeka, Kansas salad manufacturing facility due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm371955.htm

 • Two men accused of discharging 2 homemade explosive devices in a Camden, Delware Walmart store were arrested in connection to the September 21 incident. – KYW 3 Philadelphia

29. October 23, KYW 3 Philadelphia – (Delaware) 2 arrested after homemade explosive devices discharge inside Walmart. Delaware fire officials reported 2 men were arrested in connection to a September 21 incident at a Camden Walmart store after the men discharged 2 homemade explosive devices in 2 of the store’s restrooms. Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/23/2-arrested-after-homemade-explosive-devices-discharge-inside-walmart/

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Banking and Finance Sector

5. October 24, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (International) SEC charges Stryker Corporation with FCPA violations. Michigan-based medical technology company Stryker Corporation agreed to pay more than $13.2 million to settle charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the company’s subsidiaries in five countries using bribes to medical and government employees in order to make around $7.5 million in illicit profits. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370540044262

6. October 24, Columbus Dispatch – (Ohio; Louisiana) Bank awarded $27.8 million in real-estate fraud case. A federal judge awarded IberiaBank of Louisiana $27.8 million as the result of a civil lawsuit against a Columbus homebuilder and his accountant for fraudulently obtaining loans by overstating the value of a home. The original award of $9.3 million was tripled because the homebuilder and accountant’s pattern of fraud violated the Racketeer Influences and Corrupt Organizations Act. Source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/24/bank-awarded-27-8m-in-real-estate-fraud-case.html

7. October 23, Reuters – (National) Bank of America liable for Countrywide mortgage fraud. A federal jury found Bank of America and a former Countrywide executive liable for originating shoddy loans and then selling them to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, resulting in $848.2 million in losses to the government mortgage organizations. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/bank-of-america-liable-for-countrywide-mortgage-fraud

For another story, see item 26 below in the Information Technology Sector

Information Technology Sector

25. October 24, Softpedia – (International) Php.net flagged as suspicious website by Google. Google warned users who tried to visit Php.net that four trojans were found on the site October 23 and blocked access. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Php-net-Flagged-as-Malicious-Website-393920.shtml

26. October 24, Help Net Security – (International) Attackers use smaller botnets to launch high-bandwidth attacks. Prolexic’s third quarter 2013 report on distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks found that attackers have often shifted to using smaller botnets for distributed reflection denial of service (DrDoS) attacks that allow attackers to obfuscate the source of the attack and to use the bandwidth of intermediary victims, among other findings. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15812

Communications Sector

27. October 23, KPAX 8 Missoula – (Montana) Cut line knocks out Bitterroot phone service, 9-1-1 impacted. CenturyLink officials reported a contractor in Hamilton in Ravalli County cut a fiber-optic trunk line October 23 causing phone, DSL Internet, and emergency services to suffer an outage. Service was expected to be restored October 23. Source: http://www.kaj18.com/news/cut-line-knocks-out-bitterroot-phone-service-9-1-1-impacted/

28. October 23, Mediabistro.com – (Maryland) WHAG transmitter outage going on fourth day. The television station, WHAG 25 Hagerstown, reported the station’s transmitter suffered an outage October 20 that prevented the transmission of an over the air signal. Crews were reportedly looking into the cause and offered no estimated return-to-air date. Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/whag-transmitter-outage-going-on-fourth-day_b107300