Tuesday, November 8, 2016 – Election Day



Complete DHS Report for November 8, 2016

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• An emeritus professor in Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty November 4 for allegedly concealing $200 million worth of assets from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in offshore accounts at a Zurich, Switzerland-based bank. – Bloomberg See item 2 below in the Financial Services Sector

• Highway 99 in Modesto, California, was closed for more than 14 hours November 5 while crews worked to clean up roughly 8,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel that spilled after a fuel tanker veered off the roadway and overturned. – Modesto Bee

8. November 5, Modesto Bee – (California) Highway 99 gas tanker crash snarls Modesto traffic, lanes reopen 14 hours later. Both directions of Highway 99 in Modesto, California, were closed for more than 14 hours November 5 while crews worked to clean up roughly 8,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel that spilled after a fuel tanker veered off the roadway and overturned. The accident remains under investigation and the driver of the tanker truck was transported to an area hospital.

• Officials from Greenville Health System’s Carolina Cardiology Consultants announced November 4 that it notified around 2,500 patients of a potential data breach after the patients’ records were improperly downloaded by a former employee of Ambucor Health Solutions. – Greenville Upstate Business Journal

16. November 4, Greenville Upstate Business Journal – (South Carolina) Data breach affects 2,500 GHS patients. Officials from Greenville Health System’s Carolina Cardiology Consultants announced November 4 that it notified around 2,500 patients of a potential data breach after the patients’ records containing personal information were improperly downloaded by a former employee of Ambucor Health Solutions, a company providing remote-monitoring services for cardiac devices. Ambucor officials did not believe the personal data was misused.

• Authorities are investigating the cause of an apartment fire in Salt Lake City that injured 3 people, displaced 40 others, and caused an estimated $300,000 in damages November 7. – KSTU 13 Salt Lake City

22. November 7, KSTU 13 Salt Lake City – (Utah) Three injured, 40 displaced after large apartment fire in Salt Lake City. Authorities are investigating the cause of an apartment fire in Salt Lake City that injured 3 people, displaced 40 others, and caused an estimated $300,000 in damages November 7. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Source: http://fox13now.com/2016/11/07/two-injured-40-evacuated-after-large-apartment-fire-near-trolley-square/

Financial Services Sector

2. November 4, Bloomberg – (International) Credit Suisse said to hold accounts for latest U.S. tax felon. An emeritus professor in Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty November 4 for allegedly concealing $200 million worth of assets from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service through offshore accounts at a Zurich, Switzerland-based bank, and filing false tax returns from 2008 – 2014 that failed to disclose his earnings from his Swiss bank accounts. The professor agreed to pay the U.S. Government a $100 million penalty for neglecting to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) until 2011, including fraudulent ones from 2012 – 2013. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-04/ex-professor-pleads-guilty-to-hiding-200-million-from-irs

Information Technology Sector

19. November 7, SecurityWeek – (International) Critical privilege escalation flaws found in MySQL. Oracle Corporation released updates for its MySQL database management systems after a security researcher discovered an arbitrary code execution flaw and race condition issue in MySQL that a malicious actor could chain together to escalate privileges to root and fully compromise a targeted system. Percona released an update for its Percona Server for MySQL and Percona XtraDB cluster to address the same vulnerabilities in its software, and MariaDB released a patch for the race condition flaw in its software.

20. November 5, SecurityWeek – (International) Android spyware targets executives. Security researchers form Skycure discovered an Android spyware, dubbed Exaspy could be leveraged to access a victim’s chats and messages, record audio during calls or in the background, take screenshots, and collect contact lists and call logs, among other malicious actions. The researchers found that the malware required physical access to a targeted device for installation, and once installed, the app runs under the name Google Services, disguising itself as the legitimate Google Play Services. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/android-spyware-targets-executives

Communications Sector

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