Friday, December 21, 2012


Daily Report

Top Stories

 • Up to 40,000 residences in north Texas were without power due to strong winds, which also knocked out traffic lights and caused an outage at Dallas Executive Airport. – Dallas Morning News

1. December 20, Dallas Morning News – (Texas) Overnight windstorm closes Chinese Lantern Festival, Sixth Floor Museum. Up to 40,000 residences in north Texas were without power due to strong winds, which also knocked out traffic lights and caused an outage at Dallas Executive Airport. Source: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/up-to-40000-without-power-across-dallas-area-after-high-winds-overnight.html/

 • A massive vehicle pileup on the Long Island Expressway resulted in a number of injuries and one death. – New York Daily News
9. December 20, New York Daily News – (New York) Long Island Expressway reopens in both directions following fiery 35-vehicle pileup in Shirley that left one dead and 33 injured. A massive vehicle pileup on the Long Island Expressway resulted in a number of injuries and one death. Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lie-reopens-directions-35-vehicle-pileup-article-1.1224223?localLinksEnabled=false

 • There were winter weather advisories across many States, while a major Midwest snowstorm caused three deaths, closed schools, congested highways, and impacted flights. – USA Today

11. December 20, USA Today – (National) Holiday season brings first major storm to Midwest. There were winter weather advisories across many States, while a major Midwest snowstorm caused three deaths, closed schools, congested highways, and impacted flights. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2012/12/20/midwest-snowstorm-blizzard/1781637/

 • Fifteen FedEx employees working within the company’s process hub in Memphis, Tennessee, have been accused of stealing or destroying numerous items and thousands of dollars from mail and other packages. – WMC-TV 5 Memphis

15. December 19, WMC-TV 5 Memphis – (Tennessee) 15 former FedEx employees indicted on mail theft charges. Fifteen FedEx employees working within the company’s process hub in Memphis, Tennessee, have been accused of stealing or destroying numerous items and thousands of dollars from mail and other packages. Source: http://www.kait8.com/story/20386140/15-former-fedex-employees-indicted-for-stealing-mail

 • Representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Massachusetts fire marshal investigated a fire at the Taylor Marina that destroyed three boats, damaged several others, and forced the evacuation residential buildings in the area. – Boston Herald

30. December 20, Boston Herald – (Massachusetts) South Shore fires have jakes fearing arsonist back. Representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Massachusetts fire marshal investigated a fire at the Taylor Marina that destroyed three boats, damaged several others, and forced the evacuation residential buildings in the area. Source: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2012/12/marshfield_marina_fire_forces_homeowners_evacuate

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Banking and Finance Sector

7. December 19, WBTW 13 Florence – (South Carolina) SC pair stole $78,000 from Best Buy using fake credit cards, cops say. Two individuals were arrested for allegedly purchasing goods worth more than $78,000 using fraudulent credit cards embedded with stolen customer information that were mailed to them by other individuals. Source: http://www2.wbtw.com/news/2012/dec/19/sc-pair-stole-78000-best-buy-using-fake-credit-car-ar-5201244/

8. December 19, Cincinnati Business Courier – (National) Fifth Third agrees to $16M settlement in securities fraud case settlement. Fifth Third Bancorp settled to pay $16 million to resolve a fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders in 2008 over several large writedowns. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/12/19/fifth-third-agrees-to-16m-settlement.html

Information Technology Sector

26. December 20, Softpedia – (International) Secondary Twitter “sign in” form found to transmit passwords in plain text. The CEO of Dome9 found that the secondary Twitter sign-in form transmitted passwords in HTTP rather than secure HTTPS, which Twitter addressed after being notified. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secondary-Twitter-Sign-In-Form-Found-to-Transmit-Passwords-in-Plain-Text-316359.shtml

27. December 20, The H – (International) AMD warns of security hole in its Catalyst Control Center. AMD advised users to manually download an update to patch a vulnerability discovered in the Catalyst Control Center’s graphics card drivers’ auto-update notification feature. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/AMD-warns-of-security-hole-in-its-Catalyst-Control-Center-1773314.html

28. December 20, Softpedia – (International) Drupal 7.18 and 6.28 released to address security vulnerabilities. Drupal 7.18 and 6.27 were released to fix three remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, all rated moderately critical. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drupal-7-18-and-6-28-Released-to-Address-Security-Vulnerabilities-316281.shtml

29. December 19, Threatpost – (International) US-CERT warns of Adobe Shockwave Xtras vulnerabilities. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned that three vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave could enable remote code execution. Source: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/us-cert-warns-adobe-shockwave-xtras-vulnerabilities-121912

Communications Sector

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