Complete DHS Report for
September 2, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• A Russian official with a Maryland-based
subsidiary of Russia’s Tenex pleaded guilty to charges August 31 after
arranging $2 million in payments from conspirators in order to win improper
business advantages related to Russia’s State-owned nuclear energy corporation.
– Reuters
4. August 31,
Reuters – (International) Russian official pleads guilty over ‘corrupt’
payments – US Justice Dept. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that a
Russian official with a Maryland-based subsidiary of Russia’s Tenex pleaded
guilty to charges August 31 after arranging $2 million in payments from
conspirators in order to influence him and win improper business advantages
related to Russia’s State-owned nuclear energy corporation. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/31/usa-crime-russia-idUSL1N1161MG20150831
• The Adams County
Health Department reported August 31 that the death toll has risen to 4 with 29
lab confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease connected to the Illinois Veterans
Home facility in Quincy. – Quincy Herald-Whig
19. August 31,
Quincy Herald-Whig – (Illinois) Number of deaths from Legionnaires’ disease at
Illinois Veterans Home rises to four. The Adams County Health Department
reported August 31 that the death toll has risen to 4 with 29 lab confirmed
cases of Legionnaires’ disease connected to the Illinois Veterans Home facility
in Quincy. Workers at the facility limited access to water sources and worked
to disinfect and clean any possible sources of the legionella bacteria. Source: http://www.whig.com/story/29921964/number-of-deaths-from-legionnaires-disease-at-illinois-veterans-home-rises-to-four
• Fire crews reached
25-percent containment August 31 of the 79,570-acre Tepee Springs Fire burning
north of McCall in Idaho. – KTVB 7 Boise
25. August 31,
KTVB 7 Boise – (Idaho) Winds continue to push Tepee Springs Fire. Crews
reached 25-percent containment August 31 of the 79,570-acre Tepee Springs Fire
burning north of McCall. The fire caused a nearly 18-mile closure of the Salmon
River and a closure of the Payette National Forest. Source: http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/08/31/winds-continue--push-tepee-springs-fire/71498026/
• North Jay Water
District’s 300,000-gallon reservoir in Maine was drained after suffering a leak
August 30, leading officials to pull 200,000 gallons of water from the Wilton
Water and Wastewater Departments, and issue a boil-water order for residents
August 31. – Franklin Sun Journal
35. August 31,
Franklin Sun Journal – (Maine) North Jay Water district issues boil-water order,
finds waterline leak. North Jay Water District’s 300,000-gallon reservoir
was drained after suffering a leak August 30, leading officials to pull 200,000
gallons of water from the Wilton Water and Wastewater Departments and issue a
boil-water order for residents August 31. Source: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/franklin/2015/08/31/north-jay-water-district-finds-leak-after-reservoir-drained-wilton-tapped/1773439
Financial Services Sector
6. August 31,
Sedalia Observer – (Missouri) CoMo man pleads guilty to six bank robberies
involving bike as a getaway. A Columbia, Missouri, man pleaded guilty
August 31 to robbing 6 Columbia banks between November 2014 and January 2015, in
which he used a bicycle as a getaway vehicle. Source: http://sedalianewsjournal.com/2015/08/31/como-man-pleads-guilty-to-six-bank-robberies-involving-bike-as-a-getaway/
For another story, see item 28 below from the Government Facilities Sector
28. August 31,
Los Angeles Times – (National) Ex-Secret Service agent pleads guilty in Silk Road
case; he pocketed $820,000 in bitcoin. A former U.S. Secret Service agent
pleaded guilty August 31 in San Francisco to using his position to steal over
$820,000 worth of bitcoin digital currency from Silk Road online drug market
accounts in 2013 by resetting passwords and PINS of various accounts, allowing
him to fraudulently move and steal nearly 20,000 bitcoin. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-secret-service-silk-road-20150831-story.html
Information Technology Sector
31. September
1, CSOonline.com – (International) Intel: Criminals getting better at data
exfiltration. Security researchers from Intel released findings from a
report revealing that cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated
techniques to exfiltrate pilfered data once systems are accessed, including
compressing and disguising the data, leveraging Gmail and encryption, and
leveraging graphics processors. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2978812/security/intel-criminals-getting-better-at-data-exfiltration.html#tk.rss_all
32. August 31,
Threatpost – (International) CERT warns of slew of bugs in Belkin N600
routers. The Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
issued an advisory warning of unpatched vulnerabilities in Belkin N600 DB
Wireless Dual Band N+ routers, including insufficient randomization values for
transaction identification, a man-in-the-middle (MitM) vulnerability that could
allow an attacker to send arbitrary files to routers, and a global cross-site
request forgery (CSRF) bug. Source: https://threatpost.com/cert-warns-of-slew-of-bugs-in-belkin-n600-routers/114483
Communications Sector
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