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/