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· Federal
authorities sued the owners of North Dakota Developments LLC May 5 for
allegedly raising over $62 million in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded U.S. and
European investors by selling stakes in short-term housing projects for oil
workers in the Bakken oil field region of North Dakota and Montana. – Reuters
See
item 4 below in the Financial Services Sector
· The
Minnesota Board of Animal Health reported May 4 that eight additional farms
across the State are believed to have been hit by the H5N2 avian flu, including
a 1.1 million hen flock at an egg-laying operation in Nicollet County. – Minneapolis
Star Tribune
8. May 5,
Minneapolis Star Tribune – (Minnesota) Minnesota farm with 1.1
million hens, largest yet, gets bird flu. The Minnesota Board of Animal
Health reported May 4 that eight additional farms across the State are believed
to have been hit by the H5N2 avian flu, including a 1.1 million hen flock at an
egg-laying operation in Nicollet County. More than 5.34 million birds across 80
farms in the State have been affected. Source: http://www.startribune.com/business/302470731.html
· Federal
officials are reviewing an updated version of Hospira LifeCare PCA that
addresses several vulnerabilities in the devices which could allow remote
attackers to access configuration settings, software updates, and drug
libraries. – Securityweek
12. May 6,
Securityweek – (National) Serious security flaws found in Hospira
LifeCare drug pumps. The U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency
Response Team (ICS-CERT) published an advisory based on a Canadian researcher’s
findings that detailed several security issues in Hospira LifeCare PCA3 drug
infusion pumps, including an improper authorization issue and insufficient
verification of data authenticity which can be exploited by a remote attacker
to upload drug libraries, configuration changes, and software updates. The
company developed LifeCare PCA infusion system version 7.0 addressing the
vulnerabilities, which is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/serious-security-flaws-found-hospira-lifecare-drug-pumps
· A
4-alarm fire at the Brookside Condominium Complex in Arlington, Massachusetts,
May 5 left 1 person dead and resulted in damage to 36 units. – WFXT 25
Boston
22. May 5, WFXT 25 Boston – (Massachusetts) 1
person killed in 4-alarm fire at Arlington condo complex. A 4-alarm fire at
the Brookside Condominium Complex in Arlington, Massachusetts, May 5 left 1
person dead and resulted in damage to 36 units. Officials believe the blaze was
sparked by the improper disposal of smoking materials in mulch that was placed
closer to the building than allowed by law. Source: http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/28977699/4-alarm-fire-breaks-out-at-arlington-complex
Financial Services Sector
2. May 6,
Softpedia – (International) Tinba banking trojan checks for sandbox
before launching. Security researchers from F-Secure discovered a new
variant of the Tiny Banker (Tinba) trojan, which checks for mouse movement and
the active window a user is working on to ensure that it is executed on a real
machine and not a sandbox before running its malicious routines. The trojan
also queries the number of cylinders available to the system’s storage device
to determine if it is a virtual machine. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tinba-Banking-Trojan-Checks-For-Sandbox-Before-Launching-480314.shtml
3. May 5,
U.S. Department of Justice – (National) Ripple Labs Inc. resolves
criminal investigation. The U.S. Treasury Department Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of
the Northern District of California assessed a $700,000 penalty against San
Francisco-based Ripple Labs Inc., and its subsidiary, XRP II, LLC May 5, for
willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. Violations include selling virtual
currency without registering with FinCEN, and failing to implement and maintain
an adequate anti-money laundering program. Source: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ripple-labs-inc-resolves-criminal-investigation
4. May 5,
Reuters – (International) SEC lawsuit alleges Ponzi scheme over North
Dakota ‘man camps.’ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued
North Dakota Developments LLC and its three owners May 5, for an alleged fraud
and Ponzi scheme in which the suspects illegally raised over $62 million from
hundreds of investors in at least 12 States and multiple European countries
since 2012 by selling stakes in 4 short-term housing projects for oil workers
in the Bakken oil field region in North Dakota and Montana, known as “man
camps.” The SEC claimed that the trio paid investors from other invested funds
and misappropriated over $25 million for hidden broker commissions, payment to
themselves, and investment in other Bakken projects. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/sec-northdakotadevelopments-mancamps-idUSL1N0XW3BH20150505
Information Technology Sector
See item 2 above
in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
18. May 6,
Keokuk Daily Gate City – (Iowa) CenturyLink service could be
restored after midnight tonight. Telephone, some cell phone and Internet
services for CenturyLink customers in Burlington, Fort Madison, and Keokuk were
down after a CenturyLink fiber was cut May 5. Crews worked to restore services
by May 6. Source: http://www.dailygate.com/news/article_d4b78804-f380-11e4-b413-f3a8a7ff16f5.html
19. May 5, Marin
Independent Journal – (California) San Rafael
AT&T service disruption continuous for second day after Terra Linda crash. Crews
worked May 5 to restore Internet and phone services to the remaining AT&T
customers in San Rafael impacted by an outage caused by an alleged drunk driver
that crashed into AT&T vaults at an intersection in Terra Linda May 3.
Source: http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20150504/san-rafael-att-service-disruption-continues-for-second-day-after-terra-linda-crash
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