Complete DHS Report for May 13, 2016
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Top Stories
• Officials announced May 11 that three employees at the First
National Bank in Lawrence County, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to embezzling more
than $3.9 million from the bank from 2005 – 2015. – KAIT 8 Jonesboro See item 3 below in
the Financial Services Sector
• Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc., issued a recall May 11 for
approximately 47,112,256 pounds of its not-ready-to-eat meat and poultry
products sold in 31 variations due to a possible Listeria monocytogenes
contamination. – U.S. Department of Agriculture
6. May 12,
U.S. Department of Agriculture – (International) Ajinomoto
Windsor, Inc., recalls meat and poultry products due to possible Listeria
contamination. Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc., issued a recall May 11 for
approximately 47,112,256 pounds of its not-ready-to-eat meat and poultry
products sold in 31 variations due to a possible Listeria monocytogenes
contamination after the company’s ingredient supplier, CRF Frozen Foods, issued
a voluntary recall for its frozen vegetables used in the meat and poultry
products following an illness outbreak of Listeriosis linked to the vegetables.
There have been no confirmed reports of illness in connection to the products
which were distributed nationwide and in Canada and Mexico. Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2016/recall-040-2016-release
• Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’
Houston Field Division announced May 11 that an April 2013 ammonium nitrate
explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas, which killed 15 people
and destroyed more than 500 homes, was intentionally set. – KXAS 5 Fort
Worth
8. May 11,
KXAS 5 Fort Worth – (Texas) West fertilizer explosion was intentionally set: ATF,
State fire marshal. Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives’ Houston Field Division announced May 11 that an April
2013 ammonium nitrate explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas,
which killed 15 people, injured dozens of others, and destroyed more than 500
homes, was intentionally set. Officials stated a full report on the blast will
not be released until the conclusion of the criminal case. Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ATF-Texas-State-Fire-Marshals-Office-on-West-Explosion-Cause-379007181.html
• Microsoft patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows
operating system (OS), which was used to help cyber-criminals escalate user
privileges and deliver malware to point-of-sale (PoS) systems. – Softpedia
19. May 11,
Softpedia – (International) Microsoft patches Windows zero-day leveraged
in PoS attack. Microsoft patched a zero-day vulnerability that utilizes two
new malware families, PUNCHBUGGY and PUNCHTRACK, in the Windows operating
system (OS), which was used to help cyber-criminals escalate user privileges
and deliver malware to point-of-sale (PoS) systems. Researchers at FireEye
reported that the group behind the campaign targeted over 100 North American
retail, hospitality, and restaurant industry businesses. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-patches-windows-zero-day-leveraged-in-pos-attacks-503963.shtml
Financial Services Sector
1. May 12,
Falls Church Patch – (Virginia) FBI: Serial ‘Ballcap Bandit’ bank robbery suspect
strikes again. Authorities are searching May 11 for a man dubbed the
“Ballcap Bandit” who is suspected of robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Falls
Church, a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Alexandria, and a SunTrust Bank branch in
Del Ray, Virginia, since April. Authorities were unsure if the suspect is
armed. Source: http://patch.com/virginia/fallschurch/falls-church-bank-robbery-police-investigation-underway-wednesday-afternoon
2. May 11,
Jackson Sun – (Tennessee) Former Savannah CEO pleads guilty to $9M bank
fraud. The former chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Central
Bank in Savannah, Tennessee, pleaded guilty May 11 to Federal fraud charges
after he made unauthorized advances to Tennessee Materials Corp., (TMC) and
allowed TMC to deposit 161 insufficiently funded checks to cover overdraft
balances in the company’s account from 2009 – 2012, causing Central Bank, Wayne
County Bank, and First Metro Bank more than $9 million in losses. Officials
stated the bad checks created false balances in TMC’s account, enabling the
company to use approximately $3.9 million that belonged to Central Bank without
the bank’s knowledge or approval. Source: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/11/former-savannah-ceo-pleads-guilty-9m-bank-fraud/84229248/
3. May 11,
KAIT 8 Jonesboro – (Arkansas) Region 8 women plead guilty to bank fraud of
nearly $4 million. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
Eastern District of Arkansas and the FBI announced May 11 that three employees
at the First National Bank of Lawrence County pleaded guilty to embezzling more
than $3.9 million from the bank from 2005 – 2015. Officials stated that the
trio received advanced notice of internal audits, and would temporarily
transfer money from other branches of the bank into the main vault to conceal
their theft from auditors. Source: http://www.ksla.com/story/31951405/region-8-women-plead-guilty-to-bank-fraud-of-nearly-4-million
Information Technology Sector
16. May 12,
SecurityWeek – (International) Google patches more high risk vulnerabilities
in Chrome 50. Google released a round of security patches for Chrome 50
addressing five vulnerabilities, three of which were deemed high severity, and
include a same origin bypass issue in the Document Object Model (DOM), a same
bypass bug in Blink V8 bindings, and a buffer overflow flaw in V8. A directory
traversal flaw using the file scheme on Android, and a race condition bug in
loader were also patched, among other vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-more-high-risk-vulnerabilities-chrome-50
17. May 11,
SecurityWeek – (International) SAP patches critical vulnerabilities in
Enterprise products. SAP released 10 Security Patch Day Notes and 11
Support Package Notes fixing 10 vulnerabilities , mainly in its NetWevwer
Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) platform and Java, including
critical flaws in Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) XPServer, Crystal Reports
for Enterprise, and Predictive Analytics which could allow an attacker to
potentially execute commands remotely without authorization, obtain critical
technical and business-related information, or gain unauthorized access and
perform actions in the system.
Communications Sector
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