Complete DHS Report for February 10, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Continental Automotive Systems issued a recall February 4
for 1.5 – 2 million vehicles sold in the U.S. that are supplied with
potentially defective air bag control units. – Reuters
4. February
5, Reuters – (International) Continental says 5 mln vehicles worldwide may
have faulty air bags. Continental Automotive Systems issued a recall
February 4 for 1.5 – 2 million vehicles sold in the U.S. after it supplied
potentially defective air bag control units built between 2006 and 2010 to
Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, and three other manufacturers, which can
cause air bags to inadvertently deploy without warning or fail to deploy in a
crash. Honda Motor Co has reported two injuries related to the defect involving
5 million vehicles worldwide. Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/autos-continental-idINL2N15J11L
• Federal and State officials are investigating a February
7 explosion at the JCG Farms feed plant in Rockmart, Georgia, which caused $3
million in damages. – Rome News-Tribune
9. February
9, Rome News-Tribune – (Georgia) $3 million in damage reported at JCG Farms after
explosion that killed 1, injured 5. Officials from the Federal Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Georgia State fire marshal, and
the Rockmart Fire Department are investigating a February 7 explosion at the
JCG Farms feed plant in Rockmart, Georgia, which left one worker dead, injured
five others, and caused $3 million in heavy structural damages to the
warehouse, plant, and offices. Source: http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/million-in-damage-reported-at-jcg-farms-after-explosion-that/article_5a9d8486-ceec-11e5-a93d-3fa6513877f0.html
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
announced February 8 that its emergency operations center in Atlanta was on its
highest level of alert in response to the Zika virus, which is being monitored
and investigated. – Washington Post
17. February
8, Washington Post – (National) $1.8 billion to fight Zika: CDC moves to highest
alert level. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced
February 8 that its emergency operations center in Atlanta was on its highest
level of alert in response to the Zika virus, which is being monitored and
investigated. The U.S. President’s administration will ask Federal legislatures
to approve $1.8 billion to respond to the virus abroad and within the U.S. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/08/obama-to-ask-congress-for-1-8-billion-to-combat-zika-virus/
• Kaspersky Lab security researchers reported that a remote
access trojan (RAT) dubbed Adwind RAT had infected approximately 443,000
victims by 2015 and targets Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other platforms that
run Java. – SecurityWeek See
item 22 below in the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
5. February
6, Associated Press – (Illinois) Chicago FBI: ‘Pinball Bandit’ suspected in 5 bank
robberies. The FBI is searching for a man dubbed the “Pinball Bandit”
suspected of carrying out 5 robberies at 4 Chicago banks from January 13 –
January 25. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Source: http://www.nwherald.com/2016/02/07/chicago-fbi-pinball-bandit-suspected-in-5-bank-robberies/agmvuds/
Information Technology Sector
22. February
9, SecurityWeek – (International) Cross-platform backdoor adwind hits 443,000
users: Kaspersky. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab reported that a
remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Adwind RAT had infected approximately 443,000
victims by 2015 and targets Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other platforms that
run Java, to log keystrokes and steal virtual private network (VPN)
certificates, cryptocurrency wallet keys, passwords and other data from web
forms, among other malicious actions via spear-phishing campaigns. The trojan
also uses command and control (C&C) servers to execute commands and relies
on free Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) providers. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cross-platform-backdoor-adwind-hit-443000-users-kaspersky
23. February
9, Softpedia – (International) Download firmware 1.1.00.20 for NETGEAR’s
D6200 modem router. NETGEAR released new firmware version 1.100.20 for its
D6200 modem router that removes a flaw that disabled wireless connections when
the region was assigned as WW in flash, fixes the unit’s currentsetting.htm
page to show the correct information in the region field, and removes a debug
file (/tmp/yuziven1) and fixes unterminated tries when checkfw fails. Source: http://drivers.softpedia.com/blog/download-firmware-1-1-00-20-for-netgear-s-d6200-modem-router-500135.shtml
24. February
8, SecurityWeek – (International) Advantech failed to patch serious flaws in
SCADA. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) published advisories that stated
several unpatched vulnerabilities were affecting Advantech’s WebAccess 8.0
industrial automation SCADA/HMI products after researchers found unrestricted
file upload, path traversal, improper access control, cross-site scripting
(XSS), and SQL injections, among other vulnerabilities, that were reported to
be patched, but were improperly patched. The unpatched flaws can be exploited
by a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s
system. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/advantech-failed-patch-serious-flaws-scada-product
Communications Sector
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