Friday, February 15, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for February 15, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Regulators with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board stated Chevron
Corp. was aware of the severely corroded pipe that led to a massive fire in
2012 at their refinery in Richmond, California before the incident, and did not
follow protocol to replace the damaged equipment. – Dow Jones Newswires
2. February
13, Dow Jones Newswires – (California) U.S. Inspectors: Chevron
knew of pipe problems that caused California refinery fire. Regulators with
the U.S. Chemical Safety Board stated Chevron Corp. was aware of the severely
corroded pipe that led to a massive fire in 2012 at their refinery in Richmond,
California before the incident, and did not follow protocol to replace the
damaged equipment. Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/02/13/us-inspectors-chevron-knewpipe-problem-that-caused-california-refinery-fire/
• Three people were indicted in Los Angeles for their alleged role
in a credit/debit card fraud scheme after authorities confiscated more than
90,000 fake bank cards shipped from China. – Associated Press See item 9 below in
the Banking and Finance Sector
• A man shot at and injured two individuals outside the
Chesterfield County courthouse February 13 in a paternity dispute before
leading officers on a 12-mile chase. – Associated Press
21. February
13, Associated Press – (South Carolina) 2 wounded in shooting outside SC courthouse.
A man shot at and injured two individuals outside the Chesterfield County courthouse
February 13 in a paternity dispute before leading officers on a 12-mile chase.
Police forced his vehicle into a ditch and promptly arrested him. Source: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/02/13/3327062/2-wounded-inshooting-outside.html
• A hoax emergency message that was played on several stations
throughout the U.S. warning the public of a zombie apocalypse was attributed to
weak password security at the stations. – Reuters
23. February
14, Reuters – (National) Broadcasters blame zombie hack on easy passwords. A
hoax emergency message that was played on several stations throughout the U.S.
warning the public of a zombie apocalypse was attributed to weak password security
at the stations. The Federal Communications Commission urged all television stations
to change passwords and ensure that all equipment was secured behind a firewall
in order to prevent any future incidents.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/zombie-hoax-blamed-lax-passwords-u-broadcasters-045834782--sector.html
Details
Banking and Finance Sector
8. February
13, Bloomberg News – (International) Ex-Xinhua finance CEO pleads guilty to U.S.
tax charge. The former CEO of Xinhua Finance Ltd. pleaded guilty to conspiring
to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service amid a case where she and two others
allegedly participated in insider trading and tax evasion. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-13/ex-xinhua-finance-ceo-pleadsguilty-to-u-s-tax-conspiracy-1-.html
9. February
13, Associated Press – (California; International) Feds seize 90K counterfeit cards
in Calif. Three people were indicted in Los Angeles for their alleged role
in a credit/debit card fraud scheme after authorities confiscated more than
90,000 fake bank cards shipped from China.
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Feds-seize-90K-counterfeit-creditcards-in-Calif-4276740.php
Information Technology Sector
24. February
14, Softpedia – (International) Hackers offer phone flooding services that “take
care” of competitor’s phone lines. Cybercriminals have been seen
advertising automated phone flooding services that could be used to disrupt
businesses or prevent financial institutions from receiving reports of fraud. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Advertise-Phone-Flooding-Services-That-Take-Care-of-Competitor-s-Phone-Lines-329559.shtml
25. February
14, Help Net Security – (International) Adobe offers mitigation
for Reader 0-day attack, fix is yet to come. Adobe offered users a
workaround for a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader until it can be
patched. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14419
26. February
14, Help Net Security – (International) 11 arrested in takedown
of prolific ransomware gang. Police in Spain arrested 11 individuals
charged with running a ransomware operation using the Reveton malware. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2413
27. February
14, Softpedia – (International) LA Times cleans up website, but over 320,000
have been exposed to malware attack. The LA Times stated February 14 that the
newspaper’s ‘Offers and Deals’ Web site was used to serve malware since December
2012 and has been now secured. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/LA-Times-Cleans-Up-Website-But-over-320-000-Were-Exposed-to-Malware-Attack-329388.shtml
Communications Sector
Nothing to
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