Complete DHS Report for April 17, 2014
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• The Massachusetts Securities Division
charged TelexFREE Inc., with running a Ponzi scheme targeting
Brazilian-Americans that has raised over $90 million from Massachusetts
residents and around $1 billion globally. – Forbes See item 5 below in the Financial Services Sector
• Up to 1 million gallons of sewage
potentially overflowed into Rock Creek from three different areas in
Robertsdale, Alabama, April 14 and April 15 after heavy rainfall. – WALA 10
Mobile
11.
April 16, WALA 10 Mobile – (Alabama) BCHD:
1M gallons of sewage spilled. The Baldwin County Health Department reported
that up to 1 million gallons of sewage potentially overflowed into Rock Creek
from three different areas in Robertsdale April 14 and April 15 after heavy
rainfall. Source: http://fox10tv.com/2014/04/15/bchd-1-million-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-in-robertsdale/
• The Michigan Board of Pharmacy Disciplinary
Subcommittee rescinded South Lyon Pharmacy’s operating license, revoked the owner’s
pharmacist license for 3 years, and issued a $100,000 fine April 10 to the
South Lyon pharmacy for distributing tainted dextrose injections in 2013. – Birmingham
Observer Eccentric
15.
April 15, Birmingham Observer Eccentric –
(Michigan) Tainted drugs lead to closure of South Lyon pharmacy. The
Michigan Board of Pharmacy Disciplinary Subcommittee permanently rescinded
Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy’s operating license, revoked the
owner’s pharmacist license for 3 years, and issued a $100,000 fine April 10 to
the South Lyon pharmacy for distributing tainted dextrose injections in 2013.
Fungi were discovered in October 2013 in vials of one of the pharmacy’s
compounded intravenous solutions at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Source: http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20140415/NEWS19/304150011/Tainted-drugs-lead-closure-South-Lyon-pharmacy
• Between 60-100 employees of the Manhattan
Beach Studios media campus in Manhattan Beach, California, were evacuated for
nearly 7 hours due to a phoned bomb threat April 15. – Hermosa Beach Beach
Reporter
26. April 15, Hermosa Beach Beach
Reporter – (California) Police call off
search after bomb threat at Manhattan Beach Studios. Between 60-100
employees of the Manhattan Beach Studios media campus in Manhattan Beach, California,
were evacuated due to a phoned bomb threat April 15. Authorities searched and
cleared the scene nearly 7 hours later after no explosive devices were found.
Source: http://tbrnews.com/news/manhattan_beach/police-call-off-search-after-bomb-threat-at-manhattan-beach/article_ead66294-c4ca-11e3-a3e6-001a4bcf887a.html
Financial Services Sector
3. April 16, Softpedia – (International) POS malware, RATs and banking trojans
used by cybercrime group. FireEye researchers reported on the activities of
a cybercrime group that is targeting financial services companies, banks, and
businesses with a variety of malware, including the Netwire and DarkComet
remote access trojans (RATs), JackPOS point of sale malware, and the Zeus
trojan. The researchers found that the group uses spam emails to begin their
attacks and that over 9 percent of targets opened the emails’ malicious
attachments. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/POS-Malware-RATs-and-Banking-Trojans-Used-by-Cybercrime-Group-437880.shtml
4. April 16, WESH 2 Orlando– (Florida) Feds: Victoria’s Secret outlet employee used
credit card skimmer. Two people were arrested for allegedly participating
in a payment card skimming scheme where a Victoria’s Secret employee at a store
in Orlando allegedly used a hidden device to skim card data and then deliver
the numbers to the second individual in return for payment. U.S. Secret Service
agents stated that over 200 payment card numbers were found during the agency’s
investigation. Source: http://www.wesh.com/news/feds-victorias-secret-outlet-employee-used-credit-card-skimmer/25500002
5. April 15, Forbes – (International) Massachusetts regulators allege
TelexFREE is $1 billion Ponzi scheme. The Massachusetts Securities Division
charged TelexFREE Inc., based in Massachusetts and TelexFREE LLC based in
Nevada with running a Ponzi scheme targeting Brazilian-Americans that has
raised over $90 million from Massachusetts residents and around $1 billion
globally. Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanmaglich/2014/04/15/massachusetts-regulators-allege-telexfree-is-1-billion-ponzi-scheme/
6. April 15, Chicago Tribune – (Illinois) Suspect in ‘Benchwarmer bandit’ bank
robberies caught after Loop heist. A suspect believed to be the
“Benchwarmer Bandit” responsible for six bank robberies was arrested April 15
following a robbery at a Fifth Third Bank branch in the Loop area of Chicago.
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-loop-area-bank-robbed-authorities-on-scene-20140415,0,5775825.story
7. April 15, Nashville Tennessean – (Tennessee) Police: 4 used fake credit cards at
Nashville Walmarts. Police in Nashville arrested four individuals April 14
for allegedly using counterfeit credit cards at two area Walmart stores. Police
conducted a traffic stop and found over 100 gift cards, a credit card coding
device, $32,000 in blank money orders, and 2 computers in their possession.
Source: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2014/04/15/police-used-fake-credit-cards-nashville-walmarts/7759305/
Information Technology Sector
19. April
16, Softpedia – (International) Oracle fixes 104 security holes
with April 2014 CPU. Oracle released its April Critical Patch Update (CPU),
containing patches for 104 vulnerabilities in various Oracle products, 37 of
which affect Java SE. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Fixes-104-Security-Holes-with-April-2014-CPU-437964.shtml
20. April
16, V3.co.uk – (International) Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint
scanner hacked. Researchers at Security Research Labs demonstrated a method
to defeat the Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner, which could allow an
attacker to unlock the device by using a print of the owner’s fingerprint.
Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2340156/samsung-galaxy-s5-fingerprint-scanner-hacked
21. April
16, Softpedia – (International) Adobe Reader for Android 11
updated to fix remote code execution vulnerability. Adobe released an
update for its Adobe Reader for Android, closing a vulnerability that could be
used to remotely execute arbitrary code when a user opens a malicious .PDF
document. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adobe-Reader-for-Android-11-Updated-to-Fix-Remote-Code-Execution-Vulnerability-437978.shtml
Communications Sector
22.
April 16, Hawaii News Now – (Hawaii) Potentially
hundreds affected by copper theft at Hawaiian Telcom Cable site. More than
600 Hawaiian Telcom customers lost Internet and telephone service when about 50
feet of copper cable was stolen April 14 by thieves who broke through a
manhole. Repairs were expected to be completed by the end of the week. Source :
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/25257417/hundreds-affected-by-copper-theft-at-hawaiian-telcom-cable-site
23.
April 15, Cibola County Beacon – (New
Mexico) Copper theft causes power outage. An aerial fiber optic link was
vandalized April 12, causing CenturyLink customers in Cibola County to lose
phone and Internet services for nearly 10 hours. Authorities are investigating
the incident. Source: http://www.cibolabeacon.com/news/copper-theft-causes-power-outage/article_75b1ffc4-c4ba-11e3-8c56-0019bb2963f4.html
24.
April 15, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal –
(Tennessee; Texas) Verizon call center deemed safe after bomb threat. A
Verizon call center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was evacuated for nearly 4
hours April 14 after a bomb threat was phoned in at the Verizon Call Center in
El Paso, Texas. Police searched the building and deemed it safe after nothing
suspicious was found. Source: http://www.dnj.com/article/20140414/NEWS/304140040