Complete DHS Report for August 24, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Mitsubishi Motors issued a recall August 22 for 82,436 of its
model years 2015 – 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport vehicles and model year 2016
Outlander and Lancer vehicles sold in the U.S. due to a software problem
affecting an electronic control unit, which can prevent a vehicle from
accelerating. – TheCarConnection.com
3. August 22,
TheCarConnection.com – (National) 2015 – 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, 2016
Outlander and Lancer recalled for transmission woes. Mitsubishi Motors
issued a recall August 22 for 82,436 of its model years 2015 – 2016 Mitsubishi
Outlander Sport vehicles and model year 2016 Outlander and Lancer vehicles
equipped with continuously variable transmissions (CVT) sold in the U.S. due to
a software problem affecting an electronic control unit, which can prevent a
vehicle from accelerating if there is a loss of signal from the CVT’s range
switch, thereby increasing the risk of an accident. Source:
• Officials are investigating August 22 after more than 135,000
gallons of partially treated sludge was released into Galveston Bay in Texas
from a waste water treatment plant during a construction project at the
facility August 21. – Associated Press
14. August 22,
Associated Press – (Texas) Officials probing sludge spill from Texas treatment
plant. Officials are investigating August 22 after more than 135,000
gallons of partially treated sludge was released into Galveston Bay in Texas
from a waste water treatment plant during a construction project at the
facility August 21. Officials advised Galveston residents to avoid contact with
the waste and to avoid fishing in the affected area, and stated drinking water
was safe to consume. Source: http://www.thehour.com/news/texas/article/Officials-probing-sludge-spill-from-Texas-9178203.php
• Bay County Utilities reported August 22 that about 30,000
gallons of raw sewage spilled from a force main near the intersection of
Highway 231 and Highway 2301 into a drainage ditch that flows into Bayou
George, Florida. – WMBB 13 Panama City
15. August 22,
WMBB 13 Panama City – (Florida) About 30,000 gallons of raw sewage released in Bayou
George. Bay County Utilities reported August 22 that about 30,000 gallons
of raw sewage was released from a force main near the intersection of Highway
231 and Highway 2301 into a drainage ditch that flows into Bayou George,
Florida. The Florida Department of Health in Bay County advised people to avoid
swimming in Bayou George north of Charles Drive and south of Gardenia Street
until further notice. Source: http://www.mypanhandle.com/news/about-30000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-released-in-bayou-george
• Authorities are investigating the cause of a 3-alarm fire at an
apartment complex in South Chicago, Illinois, August 23 that killed 4
residents, displaced dozens of others, and heavily damaged the building. – WLS
7 Chicago
23. August 23,
WLS 7 Chicago – (Illinois) 4 dead in ‘suspicious’ South Chicago fire; person
of interest questioned. Authorities are investigating the cause of a
3-alarm fire at an apartment complex in South Chicago, Illinois, August 23 that
killed 4 residents, displaced dozens of others, and heavily damaged the
building. Source: http://abc7chicago.com/news/baby-dies-3-unaccounted-for-in-south-chicago-fire/1480957/
Financial Services Sector
Nothing to report
Information Technology Sector
20. August 23,
Softpedia – (International) Intruders use virtual machines on infected
PCs to hide their actions. SecureWorks discovered malicious actors were
attempting to install and launch a new virtual machine (VM) on an infected host
in order to connect to the compromised device’s VM and withdraw sensitive data
or execute other malicious actions without being detected by security software
after finding that the attacker was using the Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) to launch the Hyper-V Manager to manage Microsoft’s VM infrastructure. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/intruders-use-virtual-machines-on-infected-pcs-to-hide-their-actions-507550.shtml
21. August 23,
SecurityWeek – (International) DetoxCrypto ransomware sends screenshots to
operators. Bleeping Computer researchers discovered a new ransomware,
dubbed DetoxCrypto was being distributed under two different variants, one of
which, named Calipso.exe takes screenshots of a victim’s device and sends them
to the malicious actor’s servers, and the other, dubbed Pokemon.exe poses as a
PokemonGo app. Researchers found both variants can stop MySQL and Microsoft
structured query language (MSSQL) services on an infected device, and use a
single distributed executable to extract a MicrosoftHost.exe file, among other
files, which encrypts the user’s files, displays a lock screen, and in the case
of the Calipso variant, instructs a victim to contact the malware operator to
receive payment instructions. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/detoxcrypto-ransomware-sends-screenshots-operators
22. August 22,
Softpedia – (International) WordPress plugin fixes SQL injection flaw
that let attackers dump site passwords. Ninja Forms released version
2.9.55.2 after Sucuri researchers discovered a structured query language (SQL)
injection vulnerability affecting the Ninja Forms WordPress plugin installed on
over 600,000 sites where an attacker with a registered account on a targeted
Website can exploit the flaw to send a custom Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) POST request to an attacked site and trigger an SQL injection attack,
which could allow an attacker to dump sensitive details including the site’s
usernames and hashed passwords, as well as WordPress secret keys. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/sql-injection-found-in-one-of-the-most-popular-wordpress-plugins-507517.shtml
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
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