Complete DHS Report for
August 28, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· A U.S. Air Force report revealed that
the near-crash and ensuing fire in a RC-135V aircraft in April was caused by an
oxygen leak due to an improperly tightened retaining nut connecting tubing in
the aircraft’s galley. – CNN
3. August 27,
CNN – (National) Loose nut costs Air Force $62.4 million in accident.
A U.S. Air Force report published in early August revealed that the
near-crash and ensuing fire in a RC-135V aircraft in April, which caused $62.4
million in damage, was caused by an oxygen leak due to an improperly tightened
retaining nut connecting tubing in the aircraft’s galley. The report attributed
the failure to L-3 Communications depot personnel who were responsible for the
plane’s maintenance. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/politics/loose-nut-air-force-crash/
· BNY Mellon Corp worked to address an
issue August 26 in its InvestOne system, after the system broke down over the
weekend of August 22 and created a backlog of funds to price. – Reuters See item 5 below in the Financial Services Sector
· Utah-based Novacare, LLC issued a
voluntary recall August 24 of several lots of various brands of its dietary
supplements due to mislabeling and undeclared salicylic acid. – U.S. Food
and Drug Administration
15. August 26,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National) Novacare, LLC
issues voluntary nationwide recall of dietary supplements due to undeclared salicylic
acid. Utah-based Novacare, LLC issued a voluntary recall August 24 of
several lots of various brands of its dietary supplements due to mislabeling
and undeclared salicylic acid, which is acutely toxic. The unapproved dietary
supplements were distributed nationwide.
· Fire Crews across the Northwest worked
August 27 to contain about 50 large wildfires that have burned nearly 1.6
million acres in parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. – Reuters
22. August 27,
Reuters – (National) Wildfire smoke fouls air across U.S. Northwest. Fire
Crews across the Northwest worked August 27 to contain about 50 large wildfires
that have burned nearly 1.6 million acres in parts of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, and Montana. The wildfires have forced evacuations for thousands of
residents, killed 3 firefighters, and prompted an air quality warning in the
region due to unhealthy and smoky air. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKCN0QV29Y20150827
Financial Services Sector
4. August 27,
Softpedia – (International) PayPal fixes XSS flaw that allowed access to
unencrypted credit card details. PayPal addressed a cross-site scripting
(XSS) flaw on the Web site’s SecurePayments page in which an attacker could
inject customized payment forms into the page HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
in order to intercept user financial and PayPal login information in clear
text. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/paypal-fixes-xss-flaw-that-allowed-access-to-unecrypted-credit-card-details-490217.shtml
5. August 26,
Reuters – (National) BNY Mellon pricing glitch affects billions of
dollars of funds. BNY Mellon Corp worked to address an issue August 26 in
its InvestOne system that is uses to calculate prices for client mutual funds
and exchange traded funds (ETF), after the system broke down over the weekend
of August 22 and created a backlog of funds to price. The system, run by
SunGard, was operating at limited capacity August 25. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/bnymellon-funds-nav-idUSL1N1112FT20150826
6. August 26,
WLS 7 Chicago – (Illinois) ‘Uptown Beach Bandit’ robs 3 North Side banks. The
FBI is searching for a suspect dubbed the “Uptown Beach Bandit” who authorities
allege has robbed 3 North Side banks in Chicago since August 5, with the latest
robbery occurring August 22 at a TCF bank. The suspect is considered armed and
dangerous. Source: http://abc7chicago.com/news/uptown-beach-bandit-robs-3-north-side-banks/957607/
Information Technology Sector
24. August 27,
The Register – (International) FireEye intern VXer pleads guilty for Darkode
droid RAT ruse. A former FireEye intern from Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to
creating and selling the Dendroid remote access trojan (RAT) for Android phones
on the Darkode hacker forums. Denroid was capable of infecting about 1,500
phones for each buyer, while it is unknown how many copies the suspect sold. Source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/27/fireeye_intern_vxer_pleads_guilty_for_darkode_droid_rat_ruse/
25. August 27,
Threatpost – (International) Endress+Hauser patches buffer overflow in
dozens of ICS products. Endress+Hauser and CodeWrights released updates
addressing a remotely exploitable vulnerability found in the Device Type
Manager (DTM) library of dozens of Endress+Hauser’s products used for industrial
process automation, in which an attacker could use a specially crafted packet
to create a buffer overflow in the DTM, causing the affected product to hang
indefinitely.Source: https://threatpost.com/endresshauser-patches-buffer-overflow-in-dozens-of-ics-products/114429
26. August 27,
Securityweek – (International) Small percentage of employees responsible for
most cloud security risk: Report. Report findings from a CloudLock analysis
of 10 million users across 1,800 organizations revealed that the top 1 percent
of users in organizations are responsible for 57 percent file ownership, 81
percent of file shares, 73 percent of exposed files, and 62 percent of
application industries, suggesting that cyber risks could be mitigated by
reaching out to an organization’s top users, among other findings. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/small-percentage-employees-responsible-most-cloud-security-risk-report
For another story, see item 4 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
27. August 26,
Brainerd Dispatch – (Minnesota) Accidental fiber cut causes 2+ day Internet
outage near Aitkin. CenturyLink officials reported that 2,197 DSL Internet customers around
Aitkin, Crosby, Deerwood, and Detroit Lakes were without service from August 22
to August 24 after a third-party vendor inadvertently cut a fiber line. Source:
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/3826028-accidental-fiber-cut-causes-2-day-internet-outage-near-aitkin
28. August 26,
Glen Falls Post-Star – (New York) Thurman phone outage could last into Thursday. The
town of Thurman in New York was without phone and Internet service August 25
after a vehicle hit a utility pole, damaging Verizon equipment and forcing
residents to use phones in nearby towns, or at the local Town Hall or fire
station. Officials reported that service may not be restored until August 27. Source:
http://poststar.com/news/local/thurman-phone-outage-could-last-into-thursday/article_4e2264ec-e9f0-592b-af82-9ba6812b5967.html
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