Complete DHS Report for
November 30, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Two suspects were arrested November 24 after allegedly
stealing nearly 1,000 pounds of copper wire from solar panels on land belonging
to Mike Jackson Farms in California, causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
– Hanford Sentinel
November
25, Hanford Sentinel – (California) Alleged copper theft conspiracy broken up in
Kettleman City. Two suspects were arrested November 24 for their
involvement in an alleged scheme to steal nearly 1,000 pounds of copper wire
from solar panels on 4 installations November 17 – 18 on land belonging to Mike
Jackson Farms in Kettleman City. The total amount of damage to the solar panels
was an estimated $1 million. Source: http://hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/alleged-copper-theft-conspiracy-broken-up-in-kettleman-city/article_6206497c-a7f1-56f2-8c61-fd2a165ceb07.html
• A Florida man was arrested November 25 for allegedly
creating more than $1 million worth of counterfeit credit cards after
authorities found nearly 103 advanced counterfeit cloned credit cards in the
man’s car. – WBBH 20 Fort Myers See item 2 below
in the Financial Services Sector
• Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc., issued a recall November 26
for numerous products containing celery after testing found that a Celery and
Onion blend was contaminated with E. coli bacteria. – U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
13. November
26, U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National) Taylor Farms
Pacific, Inc. recalls celery products because of possible health risk. Tracy,
California-based Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc., issued a recall November 26 for
numerous products containing celery distributed to different stores nationwide
after testing by the Montana State Department of Health found that a Celery and
Onion blend was contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Authorities confirmed that
the tainted celery was used in Costco Wholesale Corporation’s chicken salad
products that were recalled November 23 due to an E. coli outbreak. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm474601.htm
• A 2-alarm fire at A&H Industries in Pennsylvania
caused approximately $3 million in damages, halted railroad traffic for 3
hours, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for several hours containing
the incident November 25. – Lebanon Daily News
24. November
25, Lebanon Daily News – (Pennsylvania) Two-alarm fire damages
Myerstown business. A 2-alarm fire at A&H Industries in Myerstown,
Pennsylvania, caused approximately $3 million in damages, halted railroad
traffic for 3 hours, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for several
hours containing the incident November 25. No injuries were reported and the
cause of the fire is unknown. Source: https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2015/11/26/two-alarm-fire-damages-myerstown-business.html
Financial Services Sector
2. November
26, WBBH 20 Fort Myers – (Florida) ID thief with over $1M in fake
credit cards busted by LCSO. A Florida man was arrested November 25 for
allegedly creating more than $1 million worth of counterfeit credit cards after
Lee County Sheriff’s Office found nearly 103 advanced counterfeit cloned credit
cards in the man’s car during a traffic stop violation. Officials believe the
man allegedly used credit card skimmers to access cardholder information and
create the cards. Source: http://www.nbc-2.com/story/30611672/lcso-id-thief-with-over-1m-in-fake-credit-cards-busted
3. November
25, Whitley Republican News Journal – (Kentucky) Former local car lot
owner accused of scheme to defraud banks. The former owner of Myers
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Inc., Tri-County Cycles LLC, and Check
Properties, LLC in Knox County was indicted November 19 for allegedly
defrauding 2 banks of more than $1.4 million by writing or causing the writing
of 567 fraudulent checks between October – November 2008 to float money and
loans between his various businesses. Source: http://www.thenewsjournal.net/details/9447/sitemap.cfm#comments
4. November
24, U.S. Department of the Treasury – (International) Treasury
targets criminal network of fugitive Mexican drug lord. Officials from the
U.S. Department of the Treasury reported November 24 that 2 Mexican nationals
were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering for the Sinaloa Cartel
in Mexico after an investigation revealed the two men were part of the Sinaloa
Cartel organization. The suspects’ assets were frozen and U.S. citizens were
prohibited from conducting business with them. Source: https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0285.aspx
Information Technology Sector
20. November
27, Softpedia – (International) VPN vulnerability “Port Fail” reveals user’s
real IP address. Network security experts from Perfect Privacy discovered a
vulnerability in virtual private network (VPN) providers’ internal routing
table and port forwarding settings, which can allow an attacker to learn a
victim’s real Internet Protocol (IP) address by directing victims to access a
resource (image embedded on a site) hosted on the same VPN server. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/vpn-vulnerability-port-fail-reveals-user-s-real-ip-address-496808.shtml
21. November
26, Securityweek – (International) CryptoWall 4.0 spreading via Nuclear exploit
kit. Security researchers from Rackspace discovered that the BizCNgate
actor has been disseminating the CryptoWall 4.0 ransomware through the Nuclear
exploit kit (EK) via newly developed Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to allow
the EK to exploit a flash vulnerability on Web sites and successfully infect
Microsoft Windows hosts. The updated threat encrypts file names, prevents
victims from recognizing them, and features an updated ransom note, in addition
to encrypting the content of files on infected machines. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cryptowall-40-spreading-nuclear-exploit-kit
Communications Sector
Nothing to report