Complete DHS Report for December 5, 2016
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Top Stories
• Five co-conspirators were charged December 1 for their roles in
a $33 million mortgage fraud conspiracy after their company, Terra Foundation
filed nearly 60 fraudulent mortgage discharges in New York and Connecticut. – Lower
Hudson Valley Journal News See item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector
• Officials announced December 1 that American Civil Contractors
agreed to pay a $207,000 settlement after a March 2016 chemical spill that
killed over 5,600 fish in northern Colorado’s Big Thompson River. – Associated
Press
13. December 2,
Associated Press – (Colorado) Company to pay $207,000 after spill killed
thousands of fish in Big Thompson River. Colorado Parks and Wildlife
officials announced December 1 that American Civil Contractors agreed to pay a
$207,000 settlement after a March 2016 chemical spill that killed over 5,600
rainbow trout, brown trout, suckers, and dace fish in northern Colorado’s Big
Thompson River during reconstruction of U.S. Route 34 in the Big Thompson
Canyon near Loveland. Source:
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/01/company-pay-spill-killed-big-thompson-fish/
• Researchers reported that tens of millions of users of Android’s
AirDroid are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks that could
compromise their devices through fraudulent updates and result in data theft. –
Help Net Security See item 26 below in the Information Technology Sector
• Authorities in New York City raided 2 Brooklyn warehouses
December 1 and seized more than $7 million worth of counterfeit Apple and
Samsung products, $71,000 in cash, and arrested 3 suspects. – WNBC 4 New
York
28. December 2, WNBC 4
New York – (New York) NYPD raids Brooklyn warehouses, seize more than $7
million in bogus Apple, Samsung smartphones. Authorities in New York City
raided 2 Brooklyn warehouses December 1 and seized more than $7 million worth
of counterfeit Apple and Samsung products, $71,000 in cash, and arrested 3
suspects who allegedly sold counterfeit phones to unsuspecting customers
through business locations across the city. The months-long investigation began
when suspicious packages began coming through John F. Kennedy International
Airport around May 2016. Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYPD-Raids-Brooklyn-Warehouses-Seize-10-Million-Apple-Samsung-Products-404162246.html
Financial Services Sector
6. December 1, Lower
Hudson Valley Journal News – (New York; Connecticut) 5 facing federal
charge for $33M mortgage fraud. Five co-conspirators were charged December
1 for their roles in a $33 million mortgage fraud conspiracy after their
company, Terra Foundation filed nearly 60 fraudulent mortgage discharges in
Westchester and Putnam counties in New York and in Connecticut that made it
appear as though Terra’s clients’ mortgages were paid off. In order to make a
profit, Terra charged monthly fees for services including audits that were
never performed, and convinced clients to take out a second or reverse mortgage
and retained large portions of the proceeds.
Source: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2016/12/01/bharara-charges-five-for-mortgage-fraud/94782336/
Information Technology Sector
26. December 2, Help Net
Security – (International) AirDroid app opens millions of Android users
to device compromise. Zimperium security researchers reported that tens of
millions of users of Android’s remote management tool, AirDroid are vulnerable
to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks that could compromise their devices through
fraudulent updates and result in data theft. If a user is on the same unsecured
network as a malicious actor, the attacker could perform a MitM network attack
to access the device authentication information, decrypt any Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) request the application performs, and redirect and modify the
HTTP traffic sent and received by the device when it checks for updates, and
then plant a malicious update for the app to use.
27. December 1,
SecurityWeek – (International) Bug allows activation lock bypass on
iPhone, iPad. Security researchers discovered two variations of a flaw that
can be exploited to bypass Apple’s Activation Lock feature and access the
homescreen of locked iPhones and iPads running Apple’s mobile operating system
(iOS) 10.1 and iOS 10.1.1. Once a locked device is started, users are required
to connect to a WiFi network and attackers can enter long strings into the
username and password fields to trigger a crash that display’s the device’s
homescreen. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/bug-allows-activation-lock-bypass-iphone-ipad
Communications Sector
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