Tuesday, September 9, 2014




Complete DHS Report for September 9, 2014

Daily Report

Top Stories

 · DTE Energy crews worked to restore power to the remaining 21,000 customers in Oakland County, Michigan, September 8 that lost service after strong storms September 5 knocked out power to approximately 385,000 customers. – Oakland Press (See item 1)

1.     September 8, Oakland Press – (Michigan) 21K still without power in Oakland County, DTE estimates restoration by Monday night. DTE Energy crews worked to restore power to the remaining 21,000 customers in Oakland County September 8 that lost service after strong storms September 5 knocked out power to approximately 385,000 customers in southeast Michigan. Source: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20140906/21k-still-without-power-in-oakland-county-dte-estimates-restoration-by-monday-night

· A man from Fredericksburg, Virginia, was charged September 5 for allegedly making fraudulent investment offerings to investors around the world, obtaining more than $35 million in investments purported to be part of the Quantico Corporate Center project. – Richmond Times-Dispatch See item 4 below in the Financial Services Sector

 · A boil water advisory for Flint, Michigan, was expanded after water tests returned positive results for total coliform bacteria September 5. – Flint Journal 

14. September 8, Flint Journal – (Michigan) Flint expands boil water advisory area after more positive tests for total coliform bacteria. A boil water advisory for Flint was expanded to include the area by Stewart Avenue on the north, Hamilton Avenue on the south, Saginaw Street on the east, and Clio Road on the west after water tests returned positive results for total coliform bacteria September 5. Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/09/flint_expands_boil_water.html

 · Four children were killed and two adults were seriously injured when an extra-alarm fire started on the second floor in an 18-unit apartment complex in Chicago, Illinois, September 5 that left 50 residents displaced.– Chicago Sun-Times 

25. September 8, Chicago Sun-Times – (Illinois) Fire leaves four children dead, two adults critical. An extra-alarm fire September 8 in an 18-unit building on the Far South Side of Chicago left 4 children dead and 2 adults in critical condition after the fire started on the second floor. About 50 residents were displaced and the cause of the fire is under investigation after records found the building failed several inspections in the last 9 years. Source: http://www.suntimes.com/29756476-418/fire-leaves-four-children-dead-two-adults-critical.html

Financial Services Sector

4. September 6, Richmond Times-Dispatch – (International) Fredericksburg man accused of mail and wire fraud. A Fredericksburg, Virginia man was charged in a complaint September 5 with allegedly making fraudulent investment offerings to investors in several countries in order to obtain over $35 million in investments purported to be part of the Quantico Corporate Center project. The man allegedly used the funds for several other purposes including diverting them to a day-trading account where he lost over $14 million. Source: http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/fredericksburg-man-accused-of-mail-and-wire-fraud/article_6188a273-9a55-583f-a666-d12aa11b77fc.html

Information Technology Sector

21. September 8, The Register – (International) Dodgy Norton update borks UNDEAD XP systems. Symantec issued a fix for a recent update to its Norton security software after some users running Windows XP reported issues after applying the update. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/08/dodgy_norton_update_hits_win_xp/

22. September 8, V3.co.uk – (International) Hackers target Apple Max OS X with 25 malware variants. F-Secure released its Threat Report H1 2014 which found that 25 new malware variants targeting Apple OS X systems were observed in the first half of the year. Several variants were observed being used in targeted attacks against activists, the energy industry, and other industries. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2363893/hackers-target-apple-mac-os-x-with-25-malware-variants

23. September 5, SC Magazine – (International) Social engineering campaign leads to malicious Chrome extension. TrendMicro researchers identified a social engineering campaign that uses malicious shortened Twitter links to lead victims to a malicious Chrome browser extension used in a click fraud campaign. The malicious extension circumvents Google’s security policy against non-Chrome Web Store apps by creating a folder in the browser directory where it then drops its components. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/social-engineering-campaign-leads-to-malicious-chrome-extension/article/370037/

Communications Sector

24. September 6, Elkhart Truth – (Indiana) Frontier Communications restores Internet service following outage. Internet service was disrupted for over 3,000 Frontier Communications customers in Elkhart for several hours September 6 due to an outage caused by a technical problem related to the company’s software. Source: http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/2014/09/06/Frontier-Communications-Internet-service-down-for-3-000-in-Elkhart-area.html