Complete DHS Report for May 24, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
•Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles issued a recall May 20 for 80,000 of its model years 2012
–2016 Fiat 500 manual transmissions vehicles after discovering that excessive
clutch travel can damage the vehicle’s transmission. – TheCarConnection.com
2. May
20, TheCarConnection.com – (International) 2012-2016 Fiat 500
recalled for transmission problems: 80,000 cars affected. Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles issued a recall May 20 for 39,217 of its model years 2012 – 2016
Fiat 500 vehicles equipped with manual transmissions sold in the U.S. after it
was discovered that excessive clutch travel can damage the vehicle’s
transmission, thereby limiting a driver’s ability to change gears. The recall
affects 7,834 vehicles in Canada, 7,155 in Mexico, and 26,268 elsewhere. Source:
http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1104078_2012-2016-fiat-500-recalled-for-transmission-problems-80000-cars-affected
•A
former Scott Credit Union employee in Illinois plead guilty May 19 after
defrauding the bank out of $12 million by embezzling funds, creating fraudulent
loans, and increasing credit limits on unapproved loans, among other fraudulent
actions from November 2005 –December 2014. – Monroe County Republic-Times See
item 3 below in the Financial
Service Sector
•State
Route 330 in Highland, California, was shut down for several hours May 22 after
ashuttle bus overturned on the highway, leaving 14 people with minor injuries
and 6 otherswith serious injuries. – Associated Press
4. May
23, Associated Press – (California) California bus crash leaves 20 injured, 6
seriously. A 16-mile stretch of State Route 330 in Highland, California,
was shut down for several hours May 22 after a shuttle bus overturned on the
highway when it made contact with another vehicle, leaving 14 people with minor
injuries and 6 others with serious injuries. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/23/california-bus-crash-leaves-20-injured-6-seriously.html
•Federal
regulators approved a new “Nutrition-Facts” label May 20, which lists the
numberof grams of sugar manufactures add to packaged food and drink products to
pressurecompanies into making healthier products. – Wall Street Journal
9. May
20, Wall Street Journal – (National) FDA approves new nutrition
panel that highlights sugar levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
approved a new “Nutrition-Facts” label May 20 that will list the number of
grams of sugar that were added to packaged food and beverage products by
manufacturers, and what percentage of the recommended daily maximum the numbers
represent as part of an effort to pressure companies to make less-fattening
products and to help consumers avoid health problems. The new labels must also
declare the amounts of potassium and vitamin D, and include larger and easier
to read serving size and caloric intake data. Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-approves-controversial-changes-to-nutrition-facts-panel-1463750195
Financial Services Sector
3. May
19, Monroe County Republic-Times – (Illinois) Columbia man
guilty of federal bank, loan fraud. A former employee at Scott Credit Union
in Illinois pleaded guilty May 19 to Federal charges after he defrauded the bank
out of $12 million by embezzling credit union funds, creating fraudulent loans,
paying loans through the misapplications of funds from other loans, and
increasing credit limits on loans that did not have board approval, among other
fraudulent actions from November 2005 – December 2014. Officials stated the man
also knowingly submitted a fraudulent report to the bank for the third quarter
of 2014 that misstated loan balances, omitted loan amounts, and severely
underreported loans. Source: http://www.republictimes.net/columbia-man-guilty-of-federal-bank-loan-fraud/
Information Technology Sector
17. May
23, SecurityWeek – (International) Exploit for recently patched flash flaw added
to Magnitude EK. A French security researcher discovered that attackers
were integrating the Magnitude exploit flaw against previously patched Flash
Player 21.0.0.213 installations to potentially deliver various pieces of
malware, including Locky and Cerber ransomware. The exploit was not fully
implemented in Magnitude and researchers advised users to be cautious of the
exploit.
18. May
21, Softpedia – (International) Ransomware adds DDoS capabilities to annoy
other people, not just you. Security researchers from Invincea reported
that the Cerber ransomware was discovered to have a new payload capability to
launch network packets to a network subnet, which is a specific capability to
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. The ransomware was detected by 37
out of the 57 antivirus engines and spreads via weaponized rich text format
(RTF) files.
19. May
21, Softpedia – (International) Crooks used SQL injections to hack Drupal
sites and install fake ransomware. Chief executive officer (CEO) and
co-founder of Forkbombus Labs reported that attackers were leveraging a
structured query language (SQL) injection vulnerability in Drupal 7.x
installations prior to version 7.32 content management system (CMS) platform to
compromise Web sites and install Web-based ransomware by scanning the Drupal
site version and leveraging the flaw to break into the affected Web sites and
change the admin user’s password.
Communications Sector
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