Monday, August 17, 2015




Complete DHS Report for August 17, 2015

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 · Washington-based Kapowsin Meats issued a recall August 13 for approximately 116,262 pounds of Whole Hogs for Barbeque products due to Salmonella contamination following 32 reported cases of illness. – U.S. Department of Agriculture

9. August 14, U.S. Department of Agriculture – (Alaska; Washington) Kapowsin Meats recalls pork product due to possible Salmonella contamination. Graham, Washington-based Kapowsin Meats issued a recall August 13 for approximately 116,262 pounds of Whole Hogs for Barbeque products due to Salmonella contamination following testing that identified 32 patient cases who had consumed the product and contracted illness caused by Salmonella. The product was produced from

 · Officials announced August 13 that a pharmacy specialist at the former Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty for his role in stealing over $2 million worth of Somatropin from the pharmacy. – U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

13. August 13, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland – (Washington, D.C.) Former Army pharmacy specialist pleads guilty to stealing drugs from Walter Reed Hospital. Federal and State officials announced August 13 that a previous pharmacy specialist at the former Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to charges for his role in stealing over $2 million worth of Somatropin, a form of human growth hormone, from the medical center’s pharmacy. Two other co-conspirators previously entered pleas and received sentences for their roles.Source: http://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-army-pharmacy-specialist-pleads-guilty-stealing-drugs-walter-reed-hospital

 · Officials upgraded the National Preparedness Level for wildfires to 5 due to large fires burning in 11 States. – Washington Post

15. August 14, Washington Post – (National) The U.S. is now at wildfire preparedness level 5 – the highest there is. Officials upgraded the National Preparedness Level for wildfires to 5, the highest, due to large fires burning in 11 States. Fire crews continued to battle the 24,555-acre Jerusalem Fire in California with 52 percent containment, as well as the 218,000-acre Soda Fire in Idaho with 11 percent containment. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/14/the-u-s-is-now-at-wildfire-preparedness-level-5-the-highest-there-is/

 · Google released a second update for a vulnerability affecting hundreds of millions of Android devices dubbed “Stagefright,” after researchers discovered a bypass to a previous fix for the issue. – IDG News Service See item 21 below in the Information Technology Sector

Financial Services Sector

2. August 13, U.S. Department of Justice – (National) Florida investment adviser pleads guilty to orchestrating $9 million investment fraud scheme. The Tampa-based founder of OM Global Investment Fund LLC pleaded guilty August 13 to charges that he used $9 million in funds investors believed to be designated exclusively for the purchase of Facebook Inc., pre-initial public offering (IPO) shares for other “side pocket” investments, and that he misled them about the nature and value of their investments in his company’s OM Global Fund from 2011 – 2013.

Information Technology Sector

21. August 14, IDG News Service – (International) Google has another try at patching Stagefright flaw. Google released a second update for a vulnerability affecting hundreds of millions of Android devices dubbed “Stagefright,” after security researchers from Exodus Intelligence discovered that a maliciously crafted MP4 file could be used to bypass a previous fix for the issue. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2971061/security/google-has-another-try-at-patching-stagefright-flaw.html

22. August 14, Securityweek – (International) Apple releases patch for OS X vulnerability exploited in the wild. Apple released security updates for OS X, iOS, Safari, and OS X Server, patching 135 vulnerabilities including a local privilege escalation zero-day vulnerability related to the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE environment variable that attackers were exploiting in the wild to install adware and other questionable software. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/apple-releases-patch-os-x-vulnerability-exploited-wild

23. August 13, SC Magazine – (International) Android ransomware locks up devices, has additional features. Security researchers from Fortinet reported that the recently observed Android ransomware “Android/Locker.CB!tr” utilizes an FBI warning containing the user’s picture and Internet Protocol (IP) address, and can send and intercept short message service (SMS) messages as well as access the device’s contact list. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/android-ransomware-locks-up-devices-has-additional-features/article/432651/

24. August 13, Threatpost – (International) Zero day in Android’s Google Admin app can bypass sandbox. Security researchers from MWR Labs discovered a vulnerability in Android’s Google Admin application on Android devices in which an attacker could use another application on the device to send a specific type of uniform resource locator (URL) to bypass the operating system’s (OS) Same Origin Policy and get data from the Google Admin sandbox. Source: https://threatpost.com/zero-day-in-android-admin-app-can-bypass-sandbox/114274

Communications Sector

25. August 13, Chicago Sun-Times – (Illinois) 10,000 Comcast customers on north side affected by outage. About 10,000 Comcast Xfinity customers on the North Side in Chicago were without Internet, telephone, and cable service for nearly 7 hours August 13 after 2 fiber optic lines were cut in 2 different locations at the same time. Service was restored and crews are investigating the cause of the damage. Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/875689/comcast-xfinity-outage-north-side

For additional stories, see items 21, 22, and 23 above in the Information Technology Sector