Wednesday, June 15, 2016



Complete DHS Report for June 15, 2016

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Top Stories

• Wolverine Pipe Line Company announced June 13 that its pipeline was now fully operational following a June 3 incident where over 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on a Van Buren County farm. – WXMI 17 Grand Rapids

1. June 13, WXMI 17 Grand Rapids – (Michigan) Ruptured fuel pipeline repaired in Van Buren County. Wolverine Pipe Line Company announced June 13 that its pipeline was fully operational following a June 3 incident where over 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on a Van Buren County farm after a farmer inadvertently struck the line while doing excavation work. The impacted soil is being replaced with new soil. Source: http://fox17online.com/2016/06/13/ruptured-fuel-pipeline-repaired-in-van-buren-county/

• A New York official announced the $12 million Permanent Generator Initiative, a plan to install permanent emergency generators at downstate retail gas stations to ensure back-up power capacity following emergencies June 13. – Office of Governor, New York State

2. June 13, Office of the Governor, New York State – (New York) Governor announces $12 million for downstate gas station resiliency and storm hardening. The governor of New York announced June 13 the $12 million Permanent Generator Initiative, which is a plan to install permanent emergency generators at downstate retail gas stations to ensure back-up power capacity following major storms and emergencies. The funding will help advance the governor’s Fuel NY initiative to ensure that strategically-located gas stations are operational during power disruptions. Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-12-million-downstate-gas-station-resiliency-and-storm-hardening

• A June 13 fire at the Tiger Product’s chemical plant in Bladen County caused surrounding homes to be evacuated, closed parts of U.S. 701, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for over seven hours. – WECT 6 Wilmington

3. June 13, WECT 6 Wilmington – (North Carolina) Crews extinguish Bladen Co. chemical plant fire. A June 13 fire at the Tiger Product’s chemical plant in Bladen County caused surrounding homes to be evacuated, closed parts of U.S. 701, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for over seven hours after the fire began in a sulfur machine following an explosion. The incident was contained and one person was injured and sent to an area hospital. Source: http://www.wect.com/story/32207667/crews-extinguish-bladen-co-chemical-plant-fire

• CSX transportation crews were working to remove derailed train cars from the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore June 13 after 13 cars carrying a volatile, flammable chemical derailed while traveling from Philadelphia to Cumberland. – Baltimore Sun

7. June 13, Baltimore Sun – (Maryland) Work begins to clear derailed Howard Tunnel train; expected to take more than 24 hours. CSX transportation crews were working to remove derailed train cars from the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore June 13 after 13 cars carrying a volatile, flammable chemical derailed while traveling from Philadelphia to Cumberland. Officials stated there were no chemical spillage, but several area roads were closed June 13, and estimated the cleanup will take more than 24 hours. Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-train-derailment-20160613-story.html

Financial Services Sector

4. June 13, Syracuse Post-Standard – (National) Former Ithaca accountant admits to $10M investment fraud. The former managing partner, treasurer, and secretary of Global Financial Fund 8 LLP pleaded guilty June 13 to Federal charges after he and 2 co-conspirators allegedly defrauded at least 16 investors out of $10 million by making phony profit payments to the investors between 2004 and 2005, and by claiming investors’ funds were held in an Italian bank where the money was generating significant profits. Officials stated the former accountant used $1.5 million of the investors’ funds for personal use. Source: http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/06/former_ithaca_accountant_admits_to_10m_investment_fraud.html

Information Technology Sector

20. June 14, Softpedia – (International) RAA ransomware is 100 percent JavaScript. Security researchers from Emsisoft reported that a new ransomware family titled RAA was the first ransomware to solely use obfuscated JavaScript code to infect computers and encrypt victims’ data after finding the ransomware includes the CryptoJS library which allows RAA to encrypt files. The ransomware uses JavaScript to deter security researchers from reverse-engineering its source code. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/raa-ransomware-is-100-percent-javascript-505228.shtml

21. June 14, SecurityWeek – (International) Samsung patches privilege escalation flaw in update tool. Samsung released SW Update version 2.2.7.24 after a security researcher from Frost Security discovered that Samsung’s SW Update application tool was plagued with a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain complete control over a Samsung computer by placing a specially crafted Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) in the SW Update folder. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/samsung-patches-privilege-escalation-flaw-update-tool

22. June 13, Help Net Security – (International) Ransomware targets Android smart TVs. Security researchers found that Sharp and Philip brand smart TVs running the Android TV operating system (OS) were susceptible to the FLocker ransomware which disguises itself as U.S. Cyber Police, accuses the victims of crimes they did not commit, and demands $200 worth of iTunes gift cards via spam Short Message Service (SMS) or malicious links. Researchers advised affected users to contact the device vendor and enable the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) tool. Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/06/13/ransomware-android-smart-tvs/

Communications Sector

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