Complete DHS Report for
May 20, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Rembrandt
Enterprises confirmed May 16 that 2 million chickens at its Renville, Minnesota
farm will be destroyed over the course of 4 weeks after tests produced a
presumptive positive result for the bird flu.– Minneapolis Star Tribune
13. May 16,
Minneapolis Star Tribune – (Minnesota) Renville chicken farm suffers
Minnesota's worst bird-flu toll. Rembrandt Enterprises confirmed May 16
that 2 million chickens at its Renville, Minnesota farm will be destroyed over
the course of 4 weeks after tests produced a presumptive positive result for
the bird flu. Officials reported that only one barn holding around 250,000 hens
was contaminated, and that the operation’s entire flock will be culled as
precaution. Source: http://www.startribune.com/renville-chicken-farm-suffers-minnesota-s-worst-bird-flu-toll/304011571/
· More
than 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled at into the Monterey Bay at Lovers
Point in California May 18 prompting the closure of all beaches 1 mile north
and south Lovers Point Beach. – KSBW 8 Salinas
15. May
18, KSBW 8 Salinas – (California) Lovers Pint sewage leak fixed
after 6-hour spill. More than 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled at into
the Monterey Bay at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove May 18 after a plug valve failed
while Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency workers performed
maintenance at a nearby pump station, prompting the closure of all beaches 1
mile north and south Lovers Point Beach. Crews fixed the valve and reverse
emergency calls were made to residents warning of water usage. Source: http://www.ksbw.com/news/100000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-spills-into-ocean-at-lovers-point/33088136
· An
Arkansas doctor was charged May 18 after discovering 187 fake prescriptions at
his office amounting to nearly 17,000 oxycodone pills that were filled and
distributed throughout Lonoke County since July 2014.– KTHV 11 Little Rock
16. May
18. KTHV 11 Little Rock – (Arkansas) Doctor charged with 187
counts held in lieu of $50K bond. Authorities arrested and charged a Little
Rock doctor May 18 after discovering 187 fake prescriptions at his office
amounting to nearly 17,000 oxycodone pills with a street value of $505,000 that
were filled and distributed throughout Lonoke County since July 2014.
Detectives took the doctor into custody after learning that a drug overdose was
connected to a fraudulent prescription written by the doctor. Source: http://www.thv11.com/story/news/crime/2015/05/18/little-rock-doctor-charged-with-187-counts-of-fraudulent-practices/27535763/
· Federal
officials arrested a Chinese professor May 16 for allegedly taking part in an
economic espionage scheme involving another Chinese professor and 4 other
Chinese nationals in the purported theft of sensitive radio frequency
technology developed by 2 U.S. companies.– USA Today
18. May 19, USA Today – (International) Chinese
professors among 6 charged with economic espionage. Federal officials
arrested a Chinese professor May 16 for allegedly taking part in an economic
espionage scheme involving another Chinese professor and 4 other Chinese
nationals in the purported theft of sensitive radio frequency technology
developed by 2 U.S. companies. The professors created a plan to obtain trade
secret information on film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology, which is
used to filter incoming and outgoing wireless signals in mobile phones, and
solicit the information to Chinese universities and other interests in an
effort to begin manufacturing the technology in China. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/19/china-espionage-technology/27570735/
Financial Services Sector
3. May 18,
WMAQ 5 Chicago – (Illinois) Thieves use skimmer to get away with $50,000 from
Lincolnwood ATM. Lincolnwood police are searching for 2 suspects who
allegedly placed skimming devices on an ATM at a BMO Harris Bank in Chicago and
stole at least $50,000 from bank customers since April 26. A similar incident
in January cost bank customers $70,000, and bank officials reported that all
affected accounts will be fully reimbursed. Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lincolnwood-atm-skim-304162201.html
4. May 18,
WBIR 10 Knoxville – (Tennessee) Accused ‘ghost employee’ pleads guilty to bank
fraud. A man described by authorities as a former “ghost employee” of the
Knox County Trustee’s Office pleaded guilty May 18 for allegedly conspiring
with 2 others to file false loan applications to defraud Bank of America,
SmartBank, and Pinnacle National Bank of over $6.7 million, which they used for
personal expenses. The man also faces separate charges for receiving pay for
work for a former trustee that he did not do. Source: http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/05/18/ray-mubarak-plea/27542305/
5. May 18,
Krebs on Security – (National) St. Louis Federal Reserve suffers DNS breach. The
St. Louis Federal Reserve reported that hackers hijacked its domain name
servers (DNS’) April 24 and redirected a portion of the bank’s online traffic
to rogue sites resembling portions of its research.stlouisfed.org Web site. The
bank recommended that potentially affected users change login information that
could have been compromised in the attack. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/05/st-louis-federal-reserve-suffers-dns-breach/
Information Technology Sector
21. May 19, Securityweek – (International) Attackers
use trojanized version of PuTTY to steal SSH credentials. Security
researchers at Symantec discovered that actors are using a malicious version of
the PuTTY open-source secure shell (SSH) software to access systems remotely
and steal data by copying secure server connection info and login details to be
sent to an attacker-controlled server. The software bypasses common firewalls
and security products due to its whitelisted status and used by system and
database administrators and web developers. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/attackers-use-trojanized-version-putty-steal-ssh-credentials
22. May 19, Securityweek – (International) Address
bar spoofing bugs found in Safari, Chrome for Android. Security researchers
identified address bar vulnerabilities in the Safari and Chrome for Android Web
browsers in which attackers could leverage Web page reloads via the
setInterval() function in Safari and a problem in how Chrome handles 204 ‘No
Content’ responses to render spoofed Web pages. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/address-bar-spoofing-bugs-found-safari-chrome-android
For another story, see
item 5 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
See item 18 above in Top Stories