Complete DHS Report for September 13, 2016
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• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced September 8 a
$39,100 settlement with Southern California Edison to resolve allegations that
the utility improperly managed and stored hazardous waste at its facility on
Catalina Island in California without proper permits. – Southern California
City News Service
3. September
8, Southern California City News Service – (California) HazMat
danger on Catalina: Feds force Edison to pay up. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced September 8 a $39,100 settlement with Southern
California Edison to resolve allegations that the utility improperly managed
and stored hazardous waste at its facility on Catalina Island in California
without proper permits. EPA officials also reported that Edison employees
conducting weekly inspections were not adequately trained and failed to check
the date labels on the waste containers.Source: http://mynewsla.com/government/2016/09/08/hazmat-danger-on-catalina-feds-force-edison-to-pay-up/
• Nissan Motor Company Ltd. issued a recall September 9 for
120,329 of its model years 2015 – 2017 vehicles in select makes due to a faulty
anti-lock braking system actuator pump. – TheCarConnection.com
4. September
9, TheCarConnection.com – (National) 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima,
2015-2017 Murano, 2015-2016 Murano Hybrid recalled for fire risk. Nissan
Motor Company Ltd. issued a recall September 9 for 120,329 of its model years
2016 – 2017 Nissan Maxima, 2015 – 2017 Nissan Murano, and 2015 – 2016 Nissan
Murano Hybrid vehicles sold in the U.S. due to a faulty anti-lock braking
system actuator pump that was manufactured with improper specifications, which
could allow brake fluid to leak onto a circuit board and ignite a fire. Source:
http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1106029_2016-2017-nissan-maxima-2015-2017-murano-2015-2016-murano-hybrid-recalled-for-fire-risk
• General Motors Company issued a recall September 9 for nearly
4.3 million of its model years 2014 – 2017 vehicles in select makes due to a
software defect which can prevent the air bags from deploying during an
accident. – Reuters
5. September
9, Reuters – (National) GM recalls 4.3 million vehicles over air
bag-related defect. General Motors Company issued a recall September 9 for
nearly 4.3 million of its model years 2014 – 2017 vehicles in select makes due
to a software defect which can prevent the air bags from deploying during an
accident, thereby increasing the risk of injury. One death and three injury
reports have been linked to the recall. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-recall-idUSKCN11F2AH
• MIH Marketing and Sales issued a recall September 10 for
approximately 662,049 pounds of its various meat and poultry products after a
Federal inspection discovered the products were stored under insanitary
conditions. – U.S. Department of Agriculture
13. September
12, Food Safety News – (Washington) E. coli outbreak in Seattle brings closure of
Mexican restaurant. The Matador restaurant in Seattle, Washington, was
shutdown September 9 after the restaurant was potentially linked to an outbreak
of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections that has sickened 5 people since
August 14. Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/09/e-coli-outbreak-in-seattle-brings-closure-of-mexican-restaurant/#.V9aiPvkrKUk
Financial Services Sector
6. September
9, WXIN 59 Indianapolis – (Indiana) Court docs: McDonald’s employee
stole about 100 credit card numbers while working drive-thru. A former
employee at McDonald’s in West Lafayette, Indiana, was charged in court
documents unsealed September 9 after she and co-conspirators allegedly skimmed
information from about 100 customer credit cards while working at the
restaurant and created fake credit cards to make more than $6,000 worth of
fraudulent purchases at area stores. Authorities stated the former employee
swiped customers’ cards through a handheld skimming device to steal their
account information. Source: http://fox59.com/2016/09/09/court-docs-mcdonalds-employee-stole-about-100-credit-card-numbers-while-working-drive-thru/
Information Technology Sector
20. September
10, Softpedia – (International) Free decrypter available for Philadelphia
ransomware. An Emsisoft security researcher released a decrypter for the
Philadelphia ransomware that can unlock a victim’s files for free after the
researcher discovered the malware was deleting a predetermined number of files
from an infected device if the user did not immediately pay the ransom. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/free-decrypter-available-for-philadelphia-ransomware-508173.shtml
21. September
9, SecurityWeek – (International) Privilege escalation, DoS vulnerabilities
patched in Xen. The Xen Project released patches addressing four
vulnerabilities, including a privilege escalation flaw in all versions of Xen
that could allow a malicious 32-bit paravirtualization (PV) guest administrator
to gain host privileges, an overflow issue affecting all Xen versions that
could be leveraged by a hardware virtual machine (HVM) guest admin to cause Xen
to fail a bug check and cause a host to enter a denial-of-service (DoS)
condition, and a use-after-free vulnerability that can be leveraged by a guest
admin to crash the host and for information leaks and arbitrary code execution,
among other vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/privilege-escalation-dos-vulnerabilities-patched-xen
Communications Sector
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