Wednesday, June 24, 2015




Complete DHS Report for June 24, 2015

Daily Report

Top Stories

 · The U.S. Office of Inspector General reported June 22 that National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials repeatedly failed to investigate issues with faulty General Motors ignition switches that caused a 9 million vehicle recall. – CNN

3. June 22, CNN – (National) Report: Fed investigators negligent in GM faulty ignition switch recall. The U.S. Office of Inspector General released a report June 22 revealing that National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials repeatedly failed to investigate issues with faulty General Motors ignition switches that would cause the engine to switch off, disabling power steering, power brakes, and vehicle airbags. The issue was connected to over 110 deaths and 200 injuries as well as a recall of about 9 million vehicles. Source: http://gantdaily.com/2015/06/22/report-fed-investigators-negligent-in-gm-faulty-ignition-switch-recall/

 · All westbound lanes of Highway 225 in Houston reopened June 23 after crews cleared the scene of a fatal fiery crash that shut down the freeway for more than 13 hours June 22. – KPRC 2 Houston

4. June 23, KPRC 2 Houston – (Texas) All main lanes of Hwy 225 west at Allen Genoa reopen after all-day closure. All westbound lanes of Highway 225 in Houston reopened June 23 after crews cleared the scene of a fatal-fiery crash that shut down the freeway for more than 13 hours June 22 after a semi-truck crashed into a gas line. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Source: http://www.click2houston.com/news/hwy-225-at-allen-genoa-shut-down-due-to-hazmat-spill/33712514

 · United Airlines Flight 971 made an emergency landing June 20 in Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland due to an unruly passenger that caused nearly 300 passengers to sleep on the floor of the airport when the airline was unable to secure hotels. – Fox News

8. June 22, Fox News – (International) United passengers left to sleep on airport floor after plane was diverted. United Airlines Flight 971 headed to Chicago from Rome, Italy, made an emergency landing June 20 in Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland due to an unruly passenger that caused nearly 300 passengers to sleep on the floor of the airport as the airline was unable to secure hotel accommodations nearby. Passengers were eventually rerouted to a different flight to Chicago after 21 hours in Belfast. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/06/22/united-passengers-forced-to-sleep-on-airport-floor-after-plane-diverted/

 · An internal assessment by the Office of Personnel Management warned that the cyber-assault on its computer systems may have affected as many as 18 million Americans. – ABC News

13. June 22, ABC News – (National) Feds feared tens of millions impacted by OPM hack, internal memo says. An internal assessment by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management warned the cyber-assault on its computer systems may have affected as many as 18 million Americans, increasing the number of potential victims from the estimated 4.2 million announced June 4. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/feds-feared-tens-millions-impacted-opm-hack-internal/story?id=31950577

Financial Services Sector

Nothing to report

Information Technology Sector

18. June 23, Help Net Security – (International) Critical RubyGems vulns can lead to installation of malicious apps. Security researchers Trustwave discovered a vulnerability in the RubyGems package manager in which an attacker could redirect a RubyGem client using hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) to an attacker controlled gem server, bypassing HTTPS verification and allowing the attacker to install malicious or trojan gems. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=18541

19. June 23, Softpedia – (International) Minor Chrome release fixes high severity issues. Google released an update for its Chrome browser addressing issues including a scheme validation error in WebUI, and a cross-origin bypass bug in the browser’s layout engine, among other fixes. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/minor-chrome-release-fixes-high-severity-issues-485000.shtml

20. June 22, Threatpost – (International) HP releases details, exploit code for unpatched IE flaws. Security researchers at Hewlett-Packard Company’s Zero Day Initiative released details on unpatched Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities which could allow attackers to fully bypass address space layout randomization (ASLR) mitigation in the browser. Source: https://threatpost.com/hp-releases-details-exploit-code-for-unpatched-ie-flaws/113408

Communications Sector

Nothing to report