Complete DHS Report for March 2, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· A former
American Pension Services executive was indicted in a U.S. District Court in
Utah February 26 for allegedly running a scheme that defrauded over 5,000
customers out of approximately $24 million by fraudulent representations of
material facts to obtain the funds used to make personal investments. – KSTU
13 Salt Lake City See item 9 below in
the Financial Services Sector
· A failed
bleach pump at the Fall River Regional Wastewater Treatment in Massachusetts
prompted the discharge of an estimated 600,000 gallons of non-disinfected
wastewater to spill into Mount Hope Bay February 25. – Fall River Herald
News
16. February
27, Fall River Herald News – (Massachusetts; Rhode Island) Fall
River wastewater plant fails, spills 600,000 gallons into Mount Hope Bay. According
to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) a failed
bleach pump at the Fall River Regional Wastewater Treatment in Massachusetts
prompted the discharge of an estimated 600,000 gallons of non-disinfected
wastewater February 25. The spill prompted the DEM to close both Mount Hope Bay
and Kickemuit River to shellfishing until March 5 after technicians rebooted
the computer system and restarted the pumps. Source: http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20150226/NEWS/150227201
· The Lee
Correctional Institution in South Carolina was under lockdown for 9 hours after
several inmates attacked 7 guards February 26. – WCBD 2 Charleston
20. February
26, WCBD 2 Charleston – (South Carolina) 9-hour lockdown ends
after guards attacked at SC prison in Lee County. The Lee Correctional
Institution in Bishopville was under lockdown for 9 hours after several inmates
attacked 7 guards February 26. Guards secured an inmate dorm after a prison
staff member tried to search an inmate, resulting in several inmates attacking
the officer. Source: http://www.counton2.com/story/28214754/sc-prison-in-lee-county-on-lockdown-after-hostage-reports
· The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved net-neutrality regulations
February 26 that gives the government expanded power over Internet access and
allows the FCC to bar Internet providers from practices that unreasonably
interfere with the ability to reach web services for users. – Nextgov See item 24 below in the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
8. February 26, Kent Reporter – (Washington) Two Kent residents
indicted as part of large bank fraud ring. A 10-member bank fraud ring in
Washington was indicted during the week of February 23 for allegedly using
stolen checks from 7 banks to make fraudulent deposits into 219 different bank
accounts to inflate the bank accounts and withdraw more than $987,000 in cash
from November 2010 to present. Source: http://www.kentreporter.com/news/294295531.html
9. February 26, KSTU 13 Salt
Lake City – (Utah) Draper
man indicted for 15 counts of mail fraud after allegedly misappropriating $24
million. A former American Pension Services executive was indicted in a
U.S. District Court in Utah February 26 for allegedly running a scheme from
1998-2014 that defrauded over 5,000 customers out of approximately $24 million
by using false and fraudulent representations, promises, and omissions of
material facts to obtain the funds that were used to make personal, high-risk
investments. Source: http://fox13now.com/2015/02/26/draper-man-indicted-for-15-counts-of-mail-fraud-after-allegedly-misappropriating-24-million/
Information Technology Sector
22. February 27, Softpedia – (International) Apps
bypass Google Play verification and spew tempest of ads. Bitdefender
security researchers discovered 10 apps hosted in Google Play that use social
engineering to trick users into installing ad-spewing software and relied on
deceptive tactics to ensure persistence on users’ devices. None of the apps
linked to Web sites hosting malware, allowing the apps to bypass Google Play
quality controls. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apps-Bypass-Google-Play-Verification-and-Spew-Tempest-of-Ads-474466.shtml
23. February 27, Securityweek – (International) Critical
vulnerability found in Jetty web server. Security researchers from Gotham
Digital Science discovered a critical vulnerability dubbed JetLeak in the
Eclipse Foundation’s Jetty Web server that allows remote, unauthenticated
attackers to read arbitrary data from requests previously submitted by users to
the server, including cookies, authentication tokens, anti-CSRF tokens,
usernames, and passwords. The flaw was addressed February 24 with the release
of Jetty version 9.2.9 while the Jetty development team reported an anticipated
fix for the vulnerability in version 9.3.0. which is in beta. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-found-jetty-web-server
24. February 26, Nextgov – (International) It’s
official – FCC enacts expansive net-neutrality rules. The Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) approved sweeping net-neutrality regulations
February 26 that gives the government expanded power over Internet access, and
allows the FCC to bar Internet providers from blocking Web sites, selectively
slowing down any content, or offering bandwidth increases for specific content
with payment. The rules also classify the Internet as a telecommunications
service under Title II of the Communications Act. Source: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2015/02/its-officialfcc-enacts-expansive-net-neutrality-rules/106242/
Communications Sector
See item 24
above in the Information Technology
Sector