Complete DHS Report for
November 6, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• U.S. Federal and
State officials imposed penalties against Deutsche Bank AG, including a $258
million fine and the termination of 6 employees for their roles in knowingly
conducting more than $10.86 billion in transactions with nations blacklisted by
the U.S. government. – USA Today
5. November
4, USA Today – (International) Deutsche Bank hit with $258M penalty for
sanctions violations. U.S. Federal and State officials imposed penalties
against Deutsche Bank AG, including a $258 million fine and the termination of
6 employees for their roles in knowingly conducting more than $10.86 billion in
transactions with nations blacklisted by the U.S. government, including Iran,
Libya, Burma, and Syria between 1999 and 2006 after investigators uncovered
email evidence of improper conduct. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/04/deutsche-bank-sanctions-penalty/75164432/
• Classes at the
University of California, Merced were cancelled November 5 following a November
4 incident where an individual stabbed two students, a staff member, and a
contract employee. – CNN
18. November
5, CNN – (California) Student fatally shot after stabbing 4 at UC
Merced. Classes at the University of California, Merced were cancelled November
5 following a November 4 incident where an individual stabbed two students, a
staff member, and a contract employee before fleeing the building from police
and succumbing to injuries following an officer-involved shooting. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/us/university-california-merced-stabbings/index.html
• Officials are
investigating November 4 the cause of a norovirus outbreak that sickened over
100 students, teachers, and staff members at O’Hara Catholic School in Oregon
following a pumpkin carving party. – Reuters
21. November
4, Reuters – (Oregon) Oregon school pumpkin carving party suspected in norovirus
outbreak. Officials are investigating November 4 the cause of a norovirus
outbreak that sickened over 100 students, teachers, and staff members at O’Hara
Catholic School in Eugene following a pre-Halloween pumpkin carving party,
which also forced the school to cancel classes for 3 days while workers
disinfected the building. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/us-oregon-norovirus-idUSKCN0SU06Y20151105
• Fire crews spent 8
hours battling a November 3 fire at the 60,000-square-foot Healthy Pet cat
litter warehouse in Ferndale, Washington, which prompted an evacuation of the
building and caused at least $1 million in damage. – Associated Press
27. November
5, Associated Press – (Washington) Firefighters battle blaze at
cat litter plant in Ferndale. Fire crews spent 8 hours battling a November
3 fire at the 60,000-square-foot Healthy Pet cat litter warehouse in Ferndale,
which prompted an evacuation of the building and caused at least $1 million in
damage. Source: http://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article43125525.html
Financial Services Sector
4. November
5, Reuters – (National) 2-ex-N.Y. fed employee pleads guilty over Goldman
leaks. A former Federal Reserve of New York employee pleaded guilty
November 4 to stealing confidential information and providing it to a colleague
at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., who allegedly shared it with other Goldman
employees. Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/11/04/goldman-sachs-fed-crime-idINL1N12Z2LA20151104
5. November
4, USA Today – (International) Deutsche Bank hit with $258M penalty for
sanctions violations. U.S. Federal and State officials imposed penalties
against Deutsche Bank AG, including a $258 million fine and the termination of
6 employees for their roles in knowingly conducting more than $10.86 billion in
transactions with nations blacklisted by the U.S. government, including Iran,
Libya, Burma, and Syria between 1999 and 2006 after investigators uncovered
email evidence of improper conduct. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/04/deutsche-bank-sanctions-penalty/75164432/
6. November
3, Reuters – (National) Fenway Partners, four executives, to pay $10.2
million for disclosure lapses: SEC. U.S. securities regulators announced
November 3 that New York-based Fenway Partners LLC and 4 of its executives will
pay $10.2 million to settle allegations that the firm failed to notify clients
and investors that a subsidiary private equity fund paid more than $20 million
to its employees. The company did not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement. Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/03/us-sec-fenway-idUSKCN0SS22620151103#TMYtEdPB8ytRrDY0.97
Information Technology Sector
22. November
5, Securityweek – (International) Cisco patches serious flaws in security,
wireless appliances. Cisco released software updates patching several
critical and high severity vulnerabilities including a command injection
vulnerability, CVE-2015-6298 that affects the certificate generation process in
the interface of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), denial-of-service
(DoS) vulnerabilities that causes affected devices to run out of system memory,
and vulnerabilities in the Mobility Service Engine that allows unauthenticated
attackers to remotely log in to the platform via a user account protected by a
default and static password, among other updates.Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-serious-flaws-security-wireless-appliances
23. November
5, Securityweek – (International) Multi-platform RAT OmniRAT used to hijack
devices. Researchers from Avast reported that OmniRAT, a multi-platform
remote administration tool (RAT) was being distributed and used by
cybercriminals as a remote access trojan through social engineering in which
victims would receive malicious short message service (SMS) with a shortened
link, that if clicked, would load an icon labeled “MMS Retrieve,” allowing
attackers to install the malware. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/multi-platform-rat-omnirat-used-hijack-devices
24. November
4, Softpedia – (International) Hackers cleverly hide backdoor inside the
EXIF Data of a Joomla CMS logo. Security researchers from Sucuri, a company
specializing in providing security solutions for Web site owners, discovered a
backdoor encoded in the Joomla CMS logo image in its base64 that was added to
the copyright field of image, inside its exchangeable image file format (EXIF)
metadata header. The image was previously displayed via the application.php
file, allowing hackers to modify the line of code to execute the backdoor on infected
sites without distorting the final image. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/hackers-cleverly-hide-backdoor-inside-the-exif-data-of-a-joomla-cms-logo-495741.shtml
25. November
4, Securityweek – (International) Backdoored ad library found in thousands of
iOS apps. Researchers at FireEye discovered 17 different versions of a
backdoor malware similar to mobiSage software development kit (SDK), dubbed BackDoor,
in applications of popular ad libraries including 2,846 Apple’s mobile operating
system (iOS) that allows attackers to potentially carry out a range of tasks
including manipulating files in the app’s data container, uploading encrypted
data to a remote server, and monitoring device location, among other tasks. Source:
http://www.securityweek.com/backdoored-ad-library-found-thousands-ios-apps
Communications Sector
See item 28 below from the Commercial Facilities
Sector
28. November
4, KGTV 10 San Diego – (California) Residence Inn in downtown San Diego evacuates
after underground electrical explosion. Officials reported November 4 that
the Residence Inn in San Diego was evacuated after an underground electrical
vault exploded following a faulty electrical wiring that caused an area power
outage. SDG&E reported 889 customers were without power and nearby hotels
were evacuated due to the incident. Source: http://www.10news.com/news/marriott-hotel-in-downtown-san-diego-evacuates-after-underground-electrical-explosion
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