Complete DHS Report for
June 17, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Honda
Motor Co., expanded recalls June 15 to include 1.39 million model year 2001 –
2005 Honda Civic and model year 2003 – 2007 Honda Accord vehicles due to
ongoing issues with airbag inflators manufactured by the Takata Corporation. – Detroit
News
3. June
15, Detroit News – (National) Honda expands Takata recall by 1.39
million vehicles. Honda Motor Co., reported June 15 expanded recalls to
include 1.39 million model year 2001 – 2005 Honda Civic and model year 2003 –
2007 Honda Accord vehicles due to ongoing issues with airbag inflators
manufactured by the Takata Corporation in which airbags could prematurely
inflate or explode. Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/06/15/honda-expands-takata-recall-million-vehicles/71270856/
· Officials
reported June 15 that a tornado warning in Illinois prompted the cancellation
of more than 815 flights at O’Hare International Airport and the cancellation
of 25 flights at Midway International Airport. – Associated Press
9. June
15, Associated Press – (Illinois) Wind, rain cause flooding,
Chicago flight cancellations. The Chicago Department of Aviation reported
June 15 that storms sweeping across northern Illinois prompted a tornado
warning that caused the cancellation of more than 815 flights and delays of 2
or more hours at O’Hare International Airport, as well as the cancellation of
25 flights at Midway International Airport. Source: http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/wind-rain-cause-flooding-chicago-flight-cancellations/article_c31cb6d7-81d8-5e36-bd17-15ed649f953b.html
· Parks
Highway in Alaska was closed June 15 for an unspecified amount of time due to a
wind shift that sent the Sockeye Fire towards the highway and prompted a
15-mile evacuation.– Alaska Dispatch News
10. June
15, Alaska Dispatch News – (Alaska) Unpredictable Sockeye
wildfire appears to shift directions, moves north. Parks Highway from mile
marker 71 to Hatcher Pass was closed June 15 for an unspecified amount of time
due to a wind shift that sent the Sockeye Fire towards the highway and prompted
a 15-mile evacuation of the area while crews responded to the scene. Source: http://www.adn.com/article/20150615/parks-highway-shuts-down-again-sockeye-wildfire-continues-burning
· Officials
reported June 14 that a water main ruptured in Philadelphia and spilled
approximately 12.5 million gallons of water onto the roadways. – WCAU 10
Philadelphia
16. June 15, WCAU 10 Philadelphia – (Pennsylvania) Millions
of gallons of water flow after water main break in West Philly. The
Philadelphia Water Department reported June 14 that a 36-inch water main
ruptured in West Philadelphia, spilling approximately 12.5 million gallons of
water, prompting the evacuation of 14 people from nearby homes, and submerging
a car into a sinkhole located near a gas main that crews had to shut off while
responding to the incident. The cause of the rupture remains under investigation
Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Water-Main-Break-West-Philadelphia-Water-Department-52nd-Street-307289801.html
Financial Services Sector
6. June
15, U.S. Department of the Treasury – (West Virginia) FinCEN
penalizes West Virginia bank for serious BSA violations and actions by a branch
manager that assisted criminal activity. The Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network announced June 15 a $4.5 million civil money penalty against Bank of
Mingo in Williamson, West Virginia, following the bank’s willful violation of
the Bank Secrecy Act by staff and a former branch manager who failed to
implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering program from 2008 –
2013, specifically regarding a customer that conducted over $9 million of
structured transactions. Source: http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/nr/html/20150615.html
7. June
15, USA Today – (International) Former oil exec pleads guilty in
Colombian bribery case. A former co-CEO of PetroTiger pleaded guilty June
15 to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by conspiring with several
company officials to bribe an employee of Colombian Ecopetrol with $333,500 in
exchange for help in winning a $45 million contract. Two co-conspirators and a
general counsel previously pleaded guilty in connection to the scheme. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/06/15/colombia-oil-bribery-joseph-sigelman-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-fcpa/71255332/
Information Technology Sector
23. June 16, Infosecurity Magazine –
(International) Stegoloader malware hides in images on legit sites. Security
researchers from Dell SecureWorks released findings from a report warning of
potential new trend in which malware uses digital stenography to evade
detection and steal information from affected users via various configurable
modules. Source: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/stegoloader-malware-hides-in/
24. June 16, Softpedia – (International) LastPass
has been hacked, change your master password now. Officials from LastPass
advised that users change their master passwords after the company discovered
that their system was compromised June 12. No user accounts were reported to
have been accessed, and encrypted vault data was reportedly not tampered with.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/LastPass-Has-Been-Hacked-Change-You-Master-Password-Now-484422.shtml
25. June 16, Securityweek – (International) Canonical
patches privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu. Canonical released
updates for Ubuntu fixing a local root privilege escalation vulnerability
related to the OverlayFS Linux file system’s permissions in which an attacker
could gain administrative privileges on the affected system. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/canonical-patches-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-ubuntu
26. June 15, Securityweek – (International) Duqu
2.0 used stolen digital certificate in attacks: Kaspersky Lab. Security
researchers at Kaspersky Lab reported that the attackers behind the Duqu 2.0
malware identified in worldwide attacks in June used a stolen valid digital
signature from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD/Foxcon Technology Group to
sign a driver that masked command-and-control (C&C) traffic and ensured the
persistence of the malware. The attackers reportedly installed the malicious
drivers on firewalls, gateways, and servers with direct internet access as well
as corporate network access. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/duqu-20-used-stolen-digital-certificate-attacks-kaspersky-lab
27. June 15, Securityweek – (International) Cisco
fixes DoS vulnerability affecting carrier routing systems. Cisco released
updates for IOS XR Software installed on CRS-3 Carrier Routing Systems
addressing a medium severity vulnerability in which an attacker could cause the
line card to reload by sending specially crafted packets to the vulnerable
device, causing an extended denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cisco-fixes-dos-vulnerability-affecting-carrier-routing-systems
Communications Sector
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