Tuesday, June 10, 2014




Complete DHS Report for June 10, 2014

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 • An accountant at Advanced Pain Therapies in Columbia, South Carolina, pleaded guilty June 6 to charges related to a $1.9 million embezzlement scheme involving fraudulent checks. – Columbia The State

21. June 6, Columbia The State – (South Carolina) Chapin accountant pleads guilty to $1.9 million embezzlement fraud. An accountant at Irmo-based Advanced Pain Therapies in Columbia, South Carolina, pleaded guilty June 6 to charges related to a $1.9 million embezzlement scheme where she created a fraudulent shell company and created checks made payable to her company and hid them among legitimate invoices. Source: http://www.thestate.com/2014/06/06/3491673/chapin-accountant-pleads-guilty.html

 • A McAfee and Center for Strategic and International Studies report estimated that various forms of global cybercrime caused losses of $445 billion a year to various industries. – Bloomberg News See item 29 below in the Information Technology Sector

 • Two suspects opened fire and killed two police officers inside a pizzeria located at a Las Vegas strip mall June 8, then fled to an adjacent Walmart store where they shot one individual and exchanged gunfire with police before taking their own lives. – Associated Press

34. June 9, Associated Press – (Nevada) 2 officers, bystander killed in Las Vegas ambush. Two suspects opened fire and killed two police officers inside a pizzeria located at a Las Vegas strip mall June 8, then fled to an adjacent Walmart store where they shot one individual and exchanged gunfire with police before taking their own lives. The restaurant and Walmart remained closed June 9 while officials investigated the incident. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/vegas-ambush-deaths-2-police-2-shooters-1-other

 • 43 workers were sickened June 6 when a chemical combined with moisture inside a trailer, producing an irritant at Swift Transportation, a Walmart and Sam’s Club distribution center in Jurupa Valley, California. – KCAL 9 Los Angeles; Associated Press

38. June 6, KCAL 9 Los Angeles; Associated Press – (California) 43 employees sickened by odor at Jurupa Valley warehouse. Forty-three workers were sickened when sodium benzoate came in contact with moisture inside a trailer and produced a respiratory irritant at Swift Transportation, a Walmart and Sam’s Club distribution center in Jurupa Valley, California, June 6. Authorities contained the chemical and cleared the area. Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/06/06/29-employees-taken-ill-during-hazmat-spill-at-riverside-business/


Financial Services Sector

6. June 7, San Gabriel Valley Tribune – (California) Two accused of planting skimmer at Sierra Madre gas station. Two Glendale men were arrested June 7 for allegedly installing a skimming device on a Sierra Madre gas station pump after an alarm on the pump was triggered. One man was under investigation by the U.S. Secret Service, and police found skimming devices, counterfeit payment cards, laptops, and tools used to break into gas pumps in the men’s car. Source: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20140607/two-accused-of-planting-skimmer-at-sierra-madre-gas-station

For another story, see item 29 below in the Information Technology Sector

Information Technology Sector

29. June 9, Bloomberg News – (International) Cybercrime remains growth industry with $445 billion lost. A McAfee and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report estimated that various forms of cybercrime globally caused losses of $445 billion a year to various industries, including financial institutions, energy companies, and retailers. The report pointed to stolen trade secrets and intellectual property as the largest source of losses to legitimate companies, as well as the potential for market manipulation and insider trading, among other findings. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-09/cybercrime-remains-growth-industry-with-445-billion-lost.html

30. June 6, Threatpost – (International) Debian urging users patch Linux kernel flaw. Debian published a security update June 5 that closes several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that could allow attackers to perform privilege escalation or denial of service (DoS) attacks. Users were advised to apply the patch as soon as possible. Source: http://threatpost.com/debian-urging-users-patch-linux-kernel-flaw

31. June 6, The Register – (International) Redmond is patching Windows 8 but NOT Windows 7, say security bods. Two security researchers created a tool known as DiffRay which scans Windows libraries and found that several security functions were updated by Microsoft in Windows 8 but not in Windows 7. The researchers warned that the differences in patching could lead to the discovery of zero day vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/patch_piker_redmond_means_win_8_fixes_skip_7_researchers_say/

32. June 6, Dark Reading – (International) TweetDeck scammers steal Twitter IDs via OAuth. Researchers at Bitdefender found that scammers are luring users into authorizing TweetDeck as part of a free or paid followers scheme, allowing the scammers to obtain users’ authentication tokens. The scammers can then take actions on behalf of users, such as posting tweets and following other users. Source: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/tweetdeck-scammers-steal-twitter-ids-via-oauth/d/d-id/1269503

 Communications Sector

33. June 6, PC World – (National) T-Mobile confirms network calling problems starting Friday morning. T-Mobile crews’ resolved call processing problems affecting customers across several States June 6 after customers began complaining about being unable to place calls or having issues with the network’s mobile data service. Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360750/t-mobile-confirms-network-calling-problems-starting-friday-morning.html