Complete DHS Daily Report for September 20, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Crews responded after nearly 5,250 gallons
of crude oil spilled from two petroleum tank batteries into the South Platte
River south of Milliken, Colorado. – Denver Post
1.
September 19, Denver Post – (Colorado) 5,250
gallons of oil spills into South Platte River. Crews responded after nearly
5,250 gallons of crude oil spilled from two Anadarko Petroleum-owned tank
batteries into the South Platte River south of Milliken September 18. Source: http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_24126403/5-250-gallons-oil-spills-into-flood-swollen
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay a
$920 million penalty to several U.S. and U.K. regulators for failing to implement
adequate controls and provide complete information in the $6.2 billion “London
Whale” trading loss. – Bloomberg News See item 5 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Authorities responded to a series of bomb
threats at Walmart and Walgreens stores nationwide in which the caller demanded
that several prepaid cards be loaded with money, though no explosives were
found. – Salt Lake City Deseret News
22.
September 18, Salt Lake City Deseret News –
(National) Pharmacy bomb threats reported across Utah, nation. Authorities
responded to a series of bomb threats at Walmart and Walgreens stores
nationwide September 18 in which the caller demanded that several prepaid cards
be loaded with money and numbers read aloud over the phone. A number of stores
were evacuated and searched but no explosive devices were found. Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865586639/Pharmacy-bomb-threats-reported-across-Utah-nation.html
• A former financial analyst working at the
University of Massachusetts Medical School stole nearly $3.4 million from payments
intended for the State Medicaid insurance program over 5 years. – Boston
Globe
23.
September 15, Boston Globe –
(Massachusetts) Unsuspected, UMass Medical worker stole millions. A
former financial analyst working at the University of Massachusetts Medical
School stole nearly $3.4 million from payments intended for the State Medicaid
insurance program over 5 years. Authorities discovered the alleged scam after
the former worker’s death in December 2012 when they learned he set up a fake
corporation to which he had been diverting State funds into, instead of
depositing the Medicaid program checks into an account. Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/09/14/high-living-umass-medical-school-employee-allegedly-stole-million-state-funds/iMaoiKniSB57YZ8NZPMVGK/story.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
5. September
19, Bloomberg News – (International) JPMorgan agrees to pay $920 million for
London Whale loss. JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay a $920 million
penalty to several U.S. and U.K. regulators for failing to implement adequate
controls and for failing to provide complete information to regulators and its
board in the $6.2 billion “London Whale” trading loss and subsequent attempt by
some employees to conceal the loss. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-19/jpmorgan-chase-agrees-to-pay-920-million-for-london-whale-loss.html
6. September
19, Help Net Security – (International) New wave of Shylock
trojan targets bank customers. Researchers at Zscaler warned of a new
campaign using the Shylock (also known as Caphaw) trojan to target financial
institutions. The initial infection vector is currently unknown but thought to
be an exploit kit targeting Java vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2592
7. September
18, WLS 7 Chicago – (Illinois) Beanie Babies creator charged with tax evasion. The
founder of TY Inc. was charged with failing to report income he earned in an
undisclosed financial account in Switzerland, and planned to plead guilty to
tax evasion and pay a civil penalty of $53,552,248 for concealing $3.1 million
in foreign income generated from the account. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9252785
8. September
18, Krebs on Security – (National) Crooks hijack retirement
funds via SSA portal. The Social Security Administration (SSA) and
financial institutions reported a rise in identity theft cases where criminals
register an account on the SSA Web portal in the name of a retiree and then
divert the benefits to themselves in the form of prepaid debit cards. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/09/crooks-hijack-retirement-funds-via-ssa-portal/
9. September
18, Associated Press – (International) Ex-bank executive pleads guilty in Olympus
fraud. A former bank vice president pleaded guilty to wire fraud for
helping Olympus Corp. perpetrate a $1.7 billion accounting fraud scheme while
he worked at two international financial institutions. The Taiwanese national
admitted to transferring an Olympus bond portfolio to an entity controlled by
the company, and to providing false information to Olympus’s auditor in
exchange for more than $10 million in compensation. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bank-executive-pleads-guilty-olympus-fraud-20297373
10. September
18, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (Indiana) SEC charges
Indiana-based company and executives for defrauding investors in renewable fuel
production scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged
Imperial Petroleum of Evansville and several of its suppliers and executives
with posing to investors as a legitimate biofuels company while concealing
illegal activities that made up the vast majority of its revenues, resulting in
losses of around $60 million after the scheme fell apart. Source: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2013/lr22800.htm
Information Technology Sector
29. September
19, Computerworld – (International) Another flawed Office update tells users to
buy the suite. Microsoft confirmed that one of the patches in its September
10 Patch Tuesday update is causing problems for users of Office 2010 Starter
Edition, changing file associations of documents and in some cases telling
users that they must buy a full capabilities version of Microsoft Office.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242514/Another_flawed_Office_update_tells_users_to_buy_the_suite
30. September 19, Threatpost – (International) Facebook
Android bug sent users’ photos in the clear. A researcher found and
reported a bug the Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps for Android that could
allow an attacker in view and download images a user sends to Facebook due to
the app’s failure to use HTTPS. The issue was reported in February and the
researcher reported that the issue has been fixed. Source: http://threatpost.com/facebook-android-bug-sent-users-photos-in-the-clear
Communications Sector
31.
September 18, KREM 2 Spokane –
(Washington) Crooks take off with over $17K in copper in Spokane Valley. Police
are searching for the thieves that stole $17,500 worth of copper material from
a building and tower in Spokane Valley belonging to AT&T, Cricket, and
Nextel. Source: http://www.krem.com/news/Over-17500-in-Copper-Stolen-224270391.html
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