Complete DHS Report for
October 26, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Officials
announced October 22 that Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc., will
pay $20 million as part of a settlement following the April 2010 Deepwater
Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. – Birmingham Business
Journal
1. October
22, Birmingham Business Journal – (Alabama) Alabama to receive
$20M from Transocean settlement. The governor of Alabama announced October
22 that Switzerland-based Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc., will
pay $20 million, which will go into the Alabama State General Fund, as part of
a settlement following the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that
killed 11 workers, caused a massive fire, and leaked over 3 million barrels of
oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The settlement is part of a series of settlements
reached to help boost local economies following the disaster.
• Three additional
cases of Shigella were reported October 22 in 2 California Bay Area counties,
increasing the total amount of illnesses to 93. – Los Angeles Times
14. October
22, Los Angeles Times – (California) Shigella outbreak linked to
San Jose restaurant spreads to other Bay Area counties. The San Mateo
County Health System reported October 22 that 3 additional cases of Shigella
were reported in 2 Bay Area counties, increasing the total amount of illnesses
to at least 93 cases following an October 18 outbreak linked to a Mariscos San
Juan Restaurant. Source:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shigella-outbreak-linked-to-san-jose-restaurant-spreads-to-other-bay-area-counties/ar-BBmiW9G
• Tennessee State
University was closed October 23 following an October 22 fight in which an
individual shot multiple rounds, killing 1 bystander and injuring 3 others. – Nashville
The Tennessean
19. October
23, Nashville The Tennessean – (Tennessee) TSU campus fatal
shooting victim identified. Tennessee State University was closed October
23 following a physical fight that broke out during a dice game on campus
October 22 which led to an individual pulling out a gun and firing multiple
rounds, killing 1 bystander and injuring 3 others. The shooter remains at large
and authorities reported that the incident occurred over a dispute and that the
campus is safe. Source: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/23/3-shot-tsu-campus-one-critical-condition/74443452/
• Federal and State officials brought charges
against 25 individuals in 14 indictments October 22 for their alleged
participation in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and the National Guard Bureau
through the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program. – U.S. Department of
Justice
20. October
22, U.S. Department of Justice – (National) Twenty-five individuals
indicted for
wire fraud. The
U.S. Department of Justice along with several other State and Federal agencies
collaborated in an investigation that brought forward charges against 25
individuals in 14 separate indictments October 22 for their alleged
participation in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and the National Guard Bureau
of money and property by utilizing recruiters and recruiter assistants to
enlist new members into the U.S. Army National Guard. The individuals allegedly
cheated the Guard Recruiting Assistance Program (G-RAP) by creating accounts
and entering false information in order to obtain recruiting bonuses. Source: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twenty-five-individuals-indicted-wire-fraud
Financial Services Sector
6. October
22, Denver Post – (Colorado) Federal grand jury in Denver indicts pair in
investment fraud. Two suspects from Colorado Springs and Nevada were
indicted in the week of October 19 on charges alleging that they bilked over
$17 million from investors from 2010 – 2011 through a fraudulent collateralized
mortgage obligation (CMO) loan scheme, and diverted substantial funds for
personal use. One of the suspects reportedly misrepresented his experience and
contact to investors in order to secure their funds. Source: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29009638/federal-grand-jury-denver-indicts-pair-investment-fraud
Information Technology Sector
22. October
23, Softpedia – (International) CCTV cameras hijacked to form worldwide DDoS
botnet. Security researchers from Incapsula discovered that hackers had
used brute-force attacks to compromise over 900 closed circuit television
(CCTV) cameras running the BusyBox operating system (OS) and install malware
derived from ELF_BASHLITE to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
attacks using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) GET request floods. One device
was recorded sending over 20,000 HTTP requests per second. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/cctv-cameras-hijacked-to-form-worldwide-ddos-botnet-495166.shtml
23. October
23, Threatpost – (International) Joomla update patches critical SQL injection
vulnerability. Joomla developers released an update to its content
management system (CMS) addressing a Structured Query Language (SQL) injection
vulnerability which could allow an attacker to gain access to data in a Web
site’s backend, due to code in a Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) file in Joomla’s
Administrator folder. The update also addressed two sets of inadequate access
control list (ACL) checks that could have allowed potential read access to
restricted data.Source: https://threatpost.com/joomla-update-patches-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability/115142/
For another story, see item 5 below from the Critical Manufacturing Sector
5. October
23, Softpedia – (International) Internet-connected cars can be tracked by
anyone, not just governments. A researcher from Security Innovation and the
University of Twente discovered that smart cars using V2X technology could have
their
locations tracked using $550 Wi-Fi sniffers that have digital signatures unique
to each vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and European
authorities proposed that V2X transmitters utilize pseudonyms for vehicles to
enhance security. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/internet-connected-cars-can-be-tracked-by-anyone-not-just-governments-495161.shtml
Communications Sector
24. October
22, KITV 4 Honolulu – (Hawaii) Phone outage on Big Island, Maui resolved. Hawaiian
Telecom costumers experienced a widespread outage on the Big Island and Maui
County October 22 due to a damaged aerial fiber-optic cable. Crews restored
service and repaired the damage. Source: http://www.kitv.com/news/widespread-phone-disruptions-reported-on-big-island-maui-co/35991678
For another story, see item 21 below from the Emergency
Services Sector
21. October
22, Associated Press – (National) FCC cuts inmates a break on phone call rates. The
U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved October 22 to cap rates on all
local calls, in-state long distance, interstate and international calls made by
inmates in jails and prisons nationwide, among other changes, scheduled to go
into effect in 2016.
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