Complete DHS Report for January 5, 2015
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December 31 fire at Norman Crooks Farms in Stanton, Michigan, damaged all of
the potato farm’s storage buildings that housed millions of dollars of farm
equipment and millions of potatoes. – WZZM 13 Grand Rapids
10. January 1, WZZM 13 Grand
Rapids – (Michigan) Potato
farmers: Fire just a bump in the road. A December 31 fire at Norman Crooks
Farms in Stanton, Michigan, damaged all of the potato farm’s storage buildings
that housed millions of dollars of farm equipment and millions of potatoes.
Crews worked to clear the scene which included the disposal of unburned
potatoes that absorbed toxic smoke. Source: http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/2015/01/01/crooks-potato-farm-fire/21170199/
· Federal
officials reported December 30 that Seattle-based Pink’s Ice Cream LLC issued a
recall for all ice cream flavors produced in 2014 with the exception of Coconut
Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert as a result of a Listeria monocytogenes contamination
found at the company’s dairy supplier. – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
16. December 31, U.S. Food and
Drug Administration –
(Washington) Pink’s Ice Cream recalls all ice cream flavors except the
Coconut Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert because of possible health risk. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration reported December 30 that Seattle-based Pink’s Ice
Cream LLC issued a recall for all ice cream flavors produced in 2014 with the
exception of Coconut Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert as a result of a Listeria
monocytogenes contamination found at the company’s dairy supplier, Snoqualmie
Gourmet Ice Cream. The affected products were packaged in 16-ounce and 1-gallon
containers and distributed to grocery stores and restaurants in the Puget Sound
area of Washington. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm428525.htm
·The
Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board in Idaho is investigating potential effects on
groundwater and nearby wells after about 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled
onto the city’s streets January 1 due to a ruptured pipe. – Associated Press
17. January 1, Associated Press
– (Idaho) 100,000
gallons of sewage spill in northern Idaho. The Hayden Area Regional Sewer
Board is investigating potential effects on groundwater and nearby wells after
about 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled onto the city’s streets January 1
due to a ruptured pipe. Local traffic was rerouted for 9 hours while crews
cleared the scene. Source: http://www.kxly.com/news/north-idaho-news/100000-gallons-of-sewage-spill-in-northern-idaho/30492604
·A
former employee at the Pasadena Department of Public Works in California and 2
others were arrested December 30 and charged in connection to using a city hall
fund to embezzle $6.4 million in taxpayer dollars over a decade. – Pasadena
Star-News
20. January 1, Pasadena Star-News – (California) Pasadena
ex-employee suspected of stealing $6M in city funds; scandal larger than
previous case. A former management analyst at the Pasadena Department of
Public Works and two others were arrested December 30 and charged in connection
to using a city hall fund to embezzle $6.4 million in taxpayer dollars over a
decade. The former city worker allegedly wrote nearly 300 fraudulent invoices
to the city on behalf of 4 fake vendors, causing the city to issue 189 checks
from one of its accounts. Source: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20141230/pasadena-ex-employee-suspected-of-stealing-6m-in-city-funds-scandal-larger-than-bell-case
Financial Services Sector
5. December
31, Providence Journal – (Rhode Island; New York) New York man
charged with credit card fraud. A New York man was arrested and charged
December 25 after authorities discovered 126 fraudulent credit cards inside his
vehicle during a traffic stop on Route 95 in West Greenwich. Source: http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20141231-new-york-man-charged-with-credit-card-fraud.ece
Information Technology Sector
27. December
31, The Register – (International) Want to have your server pwned? Easy: Run
PHP. A researcher with Google discovered that more than 78 percent of all
PHP installations were running with at least one known vulnerability after
correlating statistics from a Web survey site that lists known vulnerabilities
in various versions of PHP. The latest releases of PHP 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 were
all believed to be secure. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/31/want_to_have_your_server_pwned_easy_run_php/
28. December
31, Threatpost – (International) WordPress Symposium plug-in plagued by file
upload vulnerability. Researchers with Trustwave SpiderLabs and Sucuri
discovered and have been monitoring a number of exploit attempts in their
honeypot and scans for a vulnerability in WordPress Symposium and the public
availability of proof-of-concept exploit code that allows an attacker to upload
files without authentication to sites running Symposium. Researchers found the
latest versions of WordPress Symposium from both the WordPress Web site and the
WPSymposium site were still vulnerable and the company announced the plug-in
was downloaded more than 150,000 times. Source: http://threatpost.com/wordpress-symposium-plug-in-plagued-by-file-upload-vulnerability/110166
Communications Sector
29. January 1, WPLG 10 Miami –
(Florida) Massive internet, cable outage affects thousands in south Florida.
Internet and cable service was restored to thousands of Atlantic Broadband
customers in Miami Beach, Aventura, and South Miami January 1 about 22 hours
after a car struck an electrical pole and severed a main fiber cable. Source: http://www.local10.com/news/massive-internet-and-cable-outage-affecting-thousands/30488370