Complete DHS Report for September 8, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• A Greenville, Texas-based tax preparer pleaded guilty September
6 to preparing and filing approximately 1,163 fraudulent income tax returns for
clients, thereby causing the U.S. more than $1 million in losses. – U.S.
Department of Justice
4. September
6, U.S. Department of Justice – (Texas) Texas woman pleads
guilty to preparing false tax returns. A Greenville, Texas-based tax
preparer operating under the names TX ASAP Tax Services and Fiesta Tax Service
pleaded guilty September 6 to preparing and filing approximately 1,163
fraudulent income tax returns for clients, including false credits and
deductions, as well as fraudulent business income and losses in order to produce
inflated returns, thereby causing the U.S. more than $1 million in losses. Source:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-woman-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns
• Officials in Kure Beach, North Carolina, reported September 6
that approximately 5,000 gallons of wastewater spilled onto Fort Fisher
Boulevard and flowed into the Atlantic Ocean due to an equipment failure. – PortCityDaily.com
17. September
6, PortCityDaily.com – (North Carolina) 5,000 gallons of wastewater spilled in Kure
Beach. Officials in Kure Beach, North Carolina, reported September 6 that
approximately 5,000 gallons of wastewater spilled onto Fort Fisher Boulevard at
H Avenue and flowed into the Atlantic Ocean due to an equipment failure. Source:
http://portcitydaily.com/2016/09/06/5000-gallons-of-wastewater-spilled-in-kure-beach/
• Augusta, Georgia officials announced September 6 that 1,628,000
gallons of highly diluted wastewater leaked into Butler Creek in Augusta
September 2 due to heavy rainfall from Tropical Strom Hermine. – WRDW 12
Augusta/WAGT 26 Augusta
19. September
6, WRDW 12 Augusta/WAGT 26 Augusta – (Georgia) More than 1 million
gallons of diluted wastewater overflowed into Butler Creek. The Augusta
Utilities Department announced September 6 that 1,628,000 gallons of highly
diluted wastewater leaked into Butler Creek in Augusta, Georgia, September 2
due to heavy rainfall from Tropical Strom Hermine. Crews corrected the overflow.
Source: http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/More-than-1-million-gallons-of-diluted-wastewater-overflowed-into-Butler-Creek-392500281.html
• More than 60 residents were displaced for several hours
September 5 – September 6 from the Spruce Lodge motel in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, after Colorado Springs Utilities officials detected high readings of
natural gas in the area. – KKTV 11 Colorado Springs
24. September
6, KKTV 11 Colorado Springs – (Colorado) Dozens evacuated
after gas leak at motel. More than 60 residents were displaced for several
hours September 5 – September 6 from the Spruce Lodge motel in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, after Colorado Springs Utilities officials detected high
readings of natural gas in the area. Utility crews shut off the gas supply to
the facility and HAZMAT crews ventilated the motel. Source: http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Dozens-evacuated-after-gas-leak-at-motel-392429021.html
Financial Services Sector
4. September
6, U.S. Department of Justice – (Texas) Texas woman pleads
guilty to preparing false tax returns. A Greenville, Texas-based tax
preparer operating under the names TX ASAP Tax Services and Fiesta Tax Service
pleaded guilty September 6 to preparing and filing approximately 1,163
fraudulent income tax returns for clients, including false credits and
deductions, as well as fraudulent business income and losses in order to
produce inflated returns, thereby causing the U.S. more than $1 million in
losses. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-woman-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns
Information Technology Sector
20. September
6, SecurityWeek – (International) Cry ransomware uses Google Maps to find
victim locations. BleepingComputer researchers discovered a new piece of
ransomware, dubbed Cry or CSTO, as it pretends to come from a fake group called
the Central Security Treatment Organization, was using public Websites to host
information about victims, and could determine a victim’s location by using a
nearby wireless service set identifier (SSID) to query the Google Maps
application programming interface (API). Researchers also spotted the malware
encrypting the victim’s files and deleting Shadow Volume Copies to prevent
users from restoring their files.
For another story, see item 21 below in the Communications Sector
Communications Sector
21. September
7, SecurityWeek – (International) Several vulnerabilities found in Fortinet
load balancers. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination
Center reported that Virgoteam security researchers discovered Fortinet’s
FortiWAN network load balancer appliances were plagued with five
vulnerabilities, including a flaw that could allow an authenticated attacker
with non-admin privileges to inject arbitrary operating system (OS) commands
and execute them with root privileges, and several information exposure
vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious actor with low-privileges to
access administrator login cookies and a backup of the device’s configuration,
among other vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/several-vulnerabilities-found-fortinet-load-balancers
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