Complete DHS Report for
July 15, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Portions of Highway 60 and businesses
within a half-mile of Santie Wholesale Oil in Sikeston, Missouri were evacuated
for several hours July 13 after a fire caused hundreds of propane cylinders to
explode. – KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau
1. July 14,
KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau – (Missouri) Sikeston oil fire still too hot
for investigators to determine cause. Portions of Highway 60 and businesses
within a half mile of Santie Wholesale Oil in Sikeston, Missouri were evacuated
for several hours July 13 after a fire caused hundreds of propane cylinders to
explode. No civilian injuries were reported, and an investigation into the
cause of the fire began July 14. Source: http://www.wtvm.com/story/29534370/hwy-60-re-opens-after-large-fire-in-sikeston
· Bank and police officials confirmed
July 12 that ATM skimming devices were discovered at six Sunflower, INTRUST,
and Fidelity Bank locations in Wichita and two Sunflower Bank locations in
Salina. – Wichita Eagle See
item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector
· A Naples man pleaded guilty July 13 to
an investment fraud scheme in which he allegedly used false assurances and fake
documentation to solicit over $7 million from about 96 investors. – Fort
Myers News-Press See
item 7 below in the Financial Services Sector
· Adobe released patches addressing two
critical use-after-free vulnerabilities in ActionScript 3 revealed in data
dumped from a recent breach of the Italian surveillance software company
Hacking Team. – Threatpost See
item 16 below in the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
6. July 14,
Wichita Eagle – (Kansas) More ATM skimmers found in Wichita, at three Intrust
Bank locations. Bank and police officials confirmed July 12 that ATM
skimming devices were discovered at six Sunflower, INTRUST, and Fidelity Bank
locations in Wichita and two Sunflower Bank locations in Salina in July.
Authorities believe the suspects are part of an organized gang.
7. July 13,
Fort Myers News-Press – (Florida) Naples man pleads guilty to $7M
wire fraud scheme. A Naples man pleaded guilty July 13 to an investment
fraud scheme in which he allegedly used false assurances and fake documentation
to solicit over $7 million from about 96 investors, which he used to pay other
investors and diverted for personal expenses. Source: http://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2015/07/13/naples-man-pleads-guilty-to-7m-wire-fraud-scheme/30090453/
8. July 13,
Reuters – (New York) Ex-NY Assembly speaker’s son-in-law admits to
defrauding investors. The co-owner of New York-based Allese Capital LLC
pleaded guilty July 13 to operating a Ponzi scheme in which he allegedly
defrauded investors out of almost $6 million from 2007 – 2014 by soliciting
securities investments, only a portion of which he actually invested, while
using the rest to repay other investors and for personal expenses. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/usa-new-york-silver-fraud-idUSL2N0ZT1Z820150713
Information Technology Sector
16. July 14,
Threatpost – (International) Flash Player update patches two Hacking Team
zero days. Adobe released patches addressing two critical use-after-free
vulnerabilities in ActionScript 3 revealed in data dumped from a recent breach
of the Italian surveillance software company Hacking Team. Both flaws allowed
an attacker to use a Web site hosting the exploit to completely take over an
affected system. Source: https://threatpost.com/flash-player-update-patches-two-hacking-team-zero-days/113776
17. July 13,
Threatpost – (International) Kaseya patches two bugs in VSA IT management
platform. Kaseya patched two flaws in its VSA IT management platform,
including open redirect vulnerability in which an unauthenticated attacker
could redirect users to sites with malicious content, and a path traversal bug
in which an authenticated attacker could use a specially crafted Hyptertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to traverse directories and download arbitrary
files.
Communications Sector
Nothing to report