Monday, June 8, 2015




Complete DHS Report for June 8, 2015

Daily Report

Top Stories

 · Mazda issued recalls June 5 for about 538,000 vehicles due to ongoing issues with airbag inflators made by the Takata Corporation that could cause them to inflate prematurely or detonate. – Associated Press

1. June 5, Associated Press – (National) Mazda adds 540,000 vehicles to Takata air bag recall. Mazda issued recalls June 5 for about 503,000 model year 2003 – 2008 Mazda 6, 2006 – 2007 MazdaSpeed6, 2004 – 2008 RX-8 vehicles, and 35,000 model year 2004 – 2006 B-Series pickup trucks due to ongoing issues with driver and passenger side air bag inflators made by the Takata Corporation that could cause them to prematurely inflate or explode. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/mazda-adds-540000-vehicles-takata-air-bag-recall-31548880

 · Takata Corporation officials and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that at least 400,000 of the 4 million replacement inflators for defective Takata airbags will need to be replaced again due to defective propellant wafers. – Reuters

4. June 4, Reuters – (National) Takata, U.S. regulator can’t say how many cars may have faulty air bags. Takata Corporation officials and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that at least 400,000 of the 4 million replacement inflators for defective Takata air bags will need to be replaced again due to a defective propellant wafer. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/05/autos-takata-replacements-idUSL1N0YQ2K420150605

 · The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the Computer Sciences Corporation with manipulating financial results and concealing problems regarding a multi-billion dollar contract. – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission See item 5 below in the Financial Services Sector

 · U.S. officials announced June 4 that at least 4 million current and former government employees’ information had been compromised in a breach of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. – New York Times

20. June 4, New York Times – (National) Hacking linked to China exposes millions of U.S. workers. U.S. officials announced June 4 that at least four million current and former government employees had been affected after data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which handles government security clearances and Federal employee records, had been compromised. The breach was first detected in April and appeared to target Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/us/breach-in-a-federal-computer-system-exposes-personnel-data.html

Financial Services Sector

5. June 5, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (International) SEC charges CSC and former executives with accounting fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and eight former executives June 5 with manipulating financial results and concealing problems regarding its multi-billion dollar contract with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. CSC agreed to pay $190 million to settle the charges, and 5 of 8 executives charged agreed to settlements. Source: http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-111.html

6. June 4, Chicago Sun-Times – (Illinois) Florida residents arrested in Aurora with over 700 fake credit and gift cards. Kane County authorities arrested 6 Florida residents in Aurora, Illinois June 1 after traffic stops led to the discovery of over 700 fake credit and gift cards in their hotel rooms and vehicles. Source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29243881/florida-residents-arrested-in-aurora-with-over-700-fake-credit-and-gift-cards

7. June 4, Richmond Times-Dispatch – (Virginia) Virginia Credit Union finds evidence of skimming at third ATM. Virginia Credit Union officials reported June 4 the discovery of a third debit-card skimming device on an ATM at its Chester, Virginia branch, bringing the total number of replacement cards being issued to 2,800. ATM skimmers were previously discovered at its Southpark and Glenside branches, and the bank said it disrupted another skimming attempt at its Hanover branch. Source: http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_64fed68c-c9e3-5577-96e9-794ff46c3d99.html

For another story, see item 22 below in the Information Technology Sector

Information Technology Sector

22. June 5, Softpedia – (International) Zeus banking trojan variant goes completely undetected. A security researcher from PricewaterhouseCoopers discovered that a new variant of the Zeus banking trojan delivered via the Neutrino exploit kit (EK) is completely undetectable by most antivirus products, and that encoded data in the EK indicates that the trojan is part of a new malicious campaign. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zeus-Banking-Trojan-Variant-Goes-Completely-Undetected-483474.shtml

23. June 4, Threatpost – (International) Adware-laden Skype botnet disrupted. Security researchers from PhishMe and Amazon Web Services dismantled a Microsoft Skype-driven botnet that circulated adware via calls from attackers that prompted users to install infected executable files. Source: https://threatpost.com/adware-laden-skype-botnet-disrupted/113164

For another story, see item 20 above in Top Stories

Communications Sector

24. June 4, Livingston County Daily Press & Argus – (Michigan) Widespread Comcast outage reported. Comcast customers in Howell, Michigan, experienced an Internet, phone and cable service outage for approximately 4 hours June 4 after a truck hit and cut fiber wires. Source: http://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2015/06/04/widespread-comcast-outage-reported/28478293/