Thursday, June 9, 2016



Complete DHS Report for June 9, 2016

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Top Stories

• Jaguar Land Rover Limited issued a recall June 7 for 14,731 of its model years 2015 – 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport vehicles sold in the U.S. due to a problem in the vehicles’ exterior lighting systems. – TheCarConnection.com

1. June 7, TheCarConnection.com – (National) 2015 – 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport recalled to fix exterior lighting. Jaguar Land Rover Limited issued a recall June 7 for 14,731 of its model years 2015 – 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport vehicles sold in the U.S. due to a problem in the vehicles’ exterior lighting systems where the license plate illumination lamp, supplied by Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., may fall out, making it difficult for other drivers to identify the vehicle at night. Source: http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1104348_2015-2016-land-rover-discovery-sport-recalled-to-fix-exterior-lighting

• A chemical spill at Gehl Guernsey Farms in Germantown, Wisconsin, June 7 caused 5 people to be sent to area hospitals and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of workers after a contractor inadvertently mixed acid and sodium chloride in a tank. – WTMJ 4 Milwaukee

9. June 7, WTMJ 4 Milwaukee – (Wisconsin) 5 injured, hundreds evacuated after chemical spill at Gehl Foods in Germantown. A chemical spill at Gehl Guernsey Farms in Germantown, Wisconsin, June 7 caused 5 people to be sent to area hospitals and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of workers while authorities worked to clean the spill after a contractor inadvertently mixed acid and sodium chloride in a tank. Fire crews flushed the building, completed air monitoring checks, and are working to restore normal operations at the facility. Source: http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/hundreds-evacuated-after-chemical-spill-at-gehl-foods-plant-in-germantown

• Officials announced June 6 that Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations after the companies reportedly made misleading statements to health care providers regarding the effectiveness of Tarceva, a drug used to treat non-small cell lung cancer. – U.S. Department of Justice

19. June 6, U.S. Department of Justice – (National) Pharmaceutical companies to pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to Tarceva. The U.S. Department of Justice announced June 6 that Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations after the companies reportedly made misleading statements between January 2006 and December 2011 to physicians and other health care providers regarding the effectiveness of Tarceva, a drug used to treat non-small cell lung cancer.Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/pharmaceutical-companies-pay-67-million-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations-relating-tarceva

• A potential tornado caused more than 1,100 residents living in a Jacksonville, Florida, neighborhood to lose power June 6. – WJAX 47 Jacksonville

29. June 7, WJAX 47 Jacksonville – (Florida) Power outage after possible funnel cloud in Jacksonville neighborhood. Tropical Storm Colin traveling across Florida caused more than 1,100 residents living in a Jacksonville neighborhood to lose power June 6 including the Paradise Village Mobile Home Park and residents in Duval County following an alleged tornado. Crews were working to restore power to those affected. Source: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/neighbors-without-power-after-possible-funnel-cloud-at-jacksonville-mobile-home-community/327044693

Financial Services Sector

2. June 6, U.S. Department of Justice – (Kansas) Kansas tax return preparer pleads guilty to stealing more than $2 million in government funds. A Kansas tax return preparer pleaded guilty June 6 to Federal charges after he obtained over $2 million in fraudulent tax returns from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing false tax returns in the names of his clients without their knowledge and directing the refunds into bank accounts he controlled. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-tax-return-preparer-pleads-guilty-stealing-more-2-million-government-funds

Information Technology Sector

24. June 8, SecurityWeek – (International) Critical vulnerabilities patched with release of Firefox 47. Mozilla released version 47 of its Firefox Web browser which patched more than a dozen flaws including a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that can be exploited when parsing Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) fragments, several memory safety bugs, a use-after-free flaw, a pointer lock permission bypass issue, and an out-of-bounds write flaw, among other vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-release-firefox-47

25. June 7, Threatpost – (International) Uber pays researcher $10K for login bypass exploit. Uber Technologies Inc., recently patched a flaw in its Web site after a security researcher found a hacker could bypass the OneLogin system used for employee authentication and potentially compromise its internal network hosted on Atlassian’s Confluence collaboration software. In addition, the security researcher stated that the flaw could be exploited to compromise a server that uses WordPress plugins. Source: https://threatpost.com/uber-pays-researcher-10k-for-login-bypass-exploit/118516/

26. June 7, SecurityWeek – (International) Critical vulnerabilities patched in Android Mediaserver, Qualcomm drivers. Google released security updates for its Android operating system (OS) which patched a total of 40 vulnerabilities in the platform including 15 security vulnerabilities in the Mediaserver component, 16 flaws in the Qualcomm drivers, and 9 bugs in other components and drivers. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-android-mediaserver-qualcomm-drivers

Communications Sector

27. June 8, WVGA 105.9 FM Lakeland – (Georgia) South Georgia internet provider unplugs, leaves customers without service. TAP Broadband customers in Lake Park and Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, unexpectedly lost service June 3 while the company continued to charge customers during the outage. Source: http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Lake-Park-Moody-internet-provider-unplugs-leaving-customers-without-service-382218541.html