Thursday, December 27, 2012
   

Daily Report

Top Stories

 • Three armed men and a getaway driver robbed a Navy Federal Credit Union in Arlington, Virginia’s Ballston area, leaving with a substantial amount of cash that contained a GPS tracker, which led to their arrest. – ARLnow.com See item 3 below in the Banking and Finance Sector

 • A tanker truck hauling a chemical in Houston crashed and caught fire, prompting officials to close northbound lanes of Texas’s Eastex Freeway for the morning. – KTRK 13 Houston

6. December 26, KTRK 13 Houston – (Texas) Driver dies in fiery tanker truck crash on Eastex Freeway. A tanker truck hauling a chemical in Houston crashed and caught fire, prompting officials to close northbound lanes of Texas’s Eastex Freeway for the morning. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8931858

 • Over 325 flights were cancelled due to a major winter storm moving from the central U.S. to the northeast. Snow caused an accident involving 21 vehicles in Oklahoma, and tornadoes and rainstorms caused damage in the Deep South. – Associated Press

7. December 26, Associated Press – (National) Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; flights canceled. Over 325 flights were cancelled due to a major winter storm moving from the central U.S. to the northeast. Snow caused an accident involving 21 vehicles in Oklahoma, and tornadoes and rainstorms caused damage in the Deep South. Source: http://www.necn.com/12/26/12/Snowstorm-heads-east-after-South-twister/landing_nation.html?&apID=1f087d952eae48c29769b7894ecdd587

 • Heavy rains December 23 breached a levee in East Palo Alto, prompting seven homes to be evacuated. – Associated Press

20. December 25, Associated Press – (California) Levee breach in East Palo Alto leads to repairs. Heavy rains December 23 breached a levee in East Palo Alto, prompting seven homes to be evacuated. Source: http://www.thecalifornian.com/viewart/20121226/NEWS01/312260011/Levee-breach-East-Palo-Alto-leads-repairs

Details

Banking and Finance Sector

3. December 23, ARLnow.com – (Virginia) Four arrested after armed bank robbery in Ballston. Three armed men and a getaway driver robbed a Navy Federal Credit Union in Arlington, Virginia’s Ballston area, leaving with a substantial amount of cash that contained a GPS tracker, which led to their arrest. Source: http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/23/four-arrested-after-armed-bank-robbery-in-ballston/

4. December 22, WBZ-TV 4 Boston – (Massachusetts) Fresh out of prison, Quincy man suspected in 5 bank robberies. A man arrested after a recent bank robbery was suspected in at least four other robberies in the South Shore area of Massachusetts. Source: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/12/22/quincy-parolee-charged-in-bank-robbery-suspected-in-four-others/

Information Technology Sector

18. December 24, eSecurity Planet – (International) Kaspersky warns of malware targeting Kindle Fire. A researcher from Kaspersky Labs recent found that two apps in the Amazon App Store purporting to offer device enhancements, “Internet Accelerator Speed Up” and “Shake Battery Charger,” that are in fact designed to deliver Airpush mobile ads. Source: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/kaspersky-warns-of-malware-targeting-kindle-fire.html

Communications Sector

Nothing to report


Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report Contact Information

About the reports - The DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report is a daily [Monday through Friday] summary of open-source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues. The DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report is archived for ten days on the Department of Homeland Security Web site: http://www.dhs.gov/IPDailyReport

Contact Information

Content and Suggestions: Send mail to cikr.productfeedback@hq.dhs.gov or contact the DHS Daily Report Team at (703)387-2314

Subscribe to the Distribution List: Visit the DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report and follow instructions to Get e-mail updates when this information changes.

Removal from Distribution List:     Send mail to support@govdelivery.com.


Contact DHS

To report physical infrastructure incidents or to request information, please contact the National Infrastructure
Coordinating Center at  nicc@dhs.gov or (202) 282-9201.

To report cyber infrastructure incidents or to request information, please contact US-CERT at  soc@us-cert.gov or visit their Web page at  www.us-cert.go v.

Department of Homeland Security Disclaimer

The DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report is a non-commercial publication intended to educate and inform personnel engaged in infrastructure protection. Further reproduction or redistribution is subject to original copyright restrictions. DHS provides no warranty of ownership of the copyright, or accuracy with respect to the original source material.