Monday, July 13, 2015




Complete DHS Report for July 13, 2015

Daily Report                                            

Top Stories
 
 · General Motors announced a recall July 10 of about 690,000 model year 2007 – 2012 Saturn, GMC, and Buick SUVs in the U.S. due to an issue with gas struts that could cause lift gates to close unexpectedly. – CNBC

3. July 10, CNBC – (National) General Motors recalling nearly 780K crossover SUVs. General Motors announced a recall July 10 of about 690,000 model year 2007 – 2012 Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, Chevrolet Traverse, and Buick Enclave vehicles in the U.S. due to an issue with gas struts in which dirt may cause them to prematurely wear, causing the power lift gate to close unexpectedly. Fifty-six injuries have been reported in connection with the issue.

 · Federal officials announced July 9 that the recent breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s computer systems affected roughly 21.5 million people, up from previous estimates of 4.2 million. – CNN

19. July 10, CNN – (National) OPM government data breach impacted 21.5 million. Federal officials announced July 9 that the June breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s computer systems affected roughly 21.5 million people, up from the 4.2 million estimate originally announced, including security clearance application information from 19.7 million applicants and information regarding 1.8 million non-applicants comprised of spouses and partners.

 · The alleged mastermind of an Estonian-based international cyber fraud group pleaded guilty to his role in operation “Ghost Click”, in which he and co-conspirators installed the DNSChanger trojan on 4 million computers in over 100 countries and collected $14 million through clickjacking and ad fraud. – Securityweek See item 24 below in the Information Technology Sector

 · Service Systems Associates reported point-of-sale malware installed on its credit and debit card processing systems may have compromised payment information of zoo gift shop customers in over 12 cities nationwide. – Krebs on Security

28. July 9, Krebs on Security – (National) Credit card breach at a zoo near you. Denver-based Service Systems Associates reported that malware installed on point-of-sale (PoS) credit and debit card processing systems at zoo gifts shops in at least 12 cities nationwide may have compromised the payment information of customers who used the systems between March 23 – June 25.

Financial Services Sector
 
5. July 9, KCRA 3 Sacramento – (California) ‘Dropout Bandit’ sought in 3 NorCal bank robberies. The FBI is searching for a suspect dubbed the ‘Dropout Bandit’ who allegedly robbed at least 3 Schools Credit Union branches in Sacramento since March.

6. July 9, WXIX 19 Cincinnati – (Ohio; Kentucky; Indiana) ‘Sock Hat Bandit’ indicted for bank robberies during two month period. A Dayton man dubbed the “Sock Hat Bandit” was indicted July 9 for three robberies at the Hebron U.S. Bank, Bellevue Fifth Third Bank, and Independence Fifth Third Bank in Kentucky between May – June, while authorities continue to investigate his role in at least six more robberies across Ohio and Indiana in the two-month span. Source: http://www.fox19.com/story/29514988/sock-hat-bandit-indicted-for-bank-robberies-in-two-month-period

7. July 9, Dow Jones Business News – (National) Adviser, racer convicted in fraud case. A former financial adviser and a retired professional race car driver were convicted July 9 of stealing over $30 million from investors over 10 years by falsely promising investments, including land development in Hawaii and a credit card company in Arizona, and that the men used holding companies to divert funds for personal expenses. Source: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/adviser-racer-convicted-in-fraud-case-20150709-01084

Information Technology Sector
 
22. July 10, Securityweek – (International) Chinese APT group uses Hacking Team’s Flash Player exploit. Security researchers from Volexity reported that the Wekby advanced persistent threat group (APT), also known as APT 18, Dynamite Panda, and TG-0416, was leveraging an Adobe Flash Player exploit revealed through the July breach of the software company Hacking Team by sending spear-phishing emails purporting to be from Adobe which directed users to download a compromised Flash Player file containing malware.

23. July 10, Help Net Security – (International) VMware fixes host privilege escalation bug in Workstation, Player, Horizon View. VMware issued patches addressing a privilege escalation vulnerability in the company’s Workstation, Player, and Horizon View Client for Microsoft Windows in which an attacker could leverage a lack of a discretionary access control list (DACL) in a process to elevate privileges and execute code. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=18613

24. July 9, Securityweek – (International) Estonian man pleads guilty to role in DNSChanger botnet scheme. The alleged mastermind of an Estonian-based international cyber fraud group pleaded guilty to his role in a 2007 – 2011 operation dubbed “Ghost Click” in which he and co-conspirators installed the DNSChanger trojan on 4 million computers in over 100 countries and collected over $14 million through clickjacking and ad fraud via the malware. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/estonian-man-pleads-guilty-role-dnschanger-botnet-scheme

25. July 9, IDG News Service – (International) Hacking Team claims terrorists can now use its tools. The Italian security company Hacking Team warned July 8 that the release of 400 gigabytes (GB) of internal data in a July 5 breach of its systems represented an “extremely dangerous” situation and that terrorists and other threat actors could potentially leverage available code to deploy software against any target.Source: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2946093/security0/hacking-team-claims-terrorists-can-now-use-its-tools.html#tk.rss_security

For another story, see item 28 above in Top Stories

Communications Sector

26. July 9, U.S. Federal Communications Commission – (National) TerraCom, YourTel to pay $3.5M to resolve consumer privacy violations. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau entered into a $3.5 million settlement with Terracom Inc., and YourTel America, to resolve violations after an investigation revealed the companies failed to properly protect confidentiality of personal information they received from more than 300,000 consumers.

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