Friday, March 1, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Bank of America customers are being targeted
by a new phishing scam via text message expressing that their accounts have
been placed on hold pending their submission of personal information to an
automated message system. – WFTX 4 Fort Lauderdale/Naples See item 7 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• A tractor carrying 30 tons of monoammonium
phosphate overturned on the interstate spilling 10 tons near a waterway. – Helena
Independent Record
13.
February 28, Helena Independent Record –
(Montana) Overturned semi spills 30 tons of fertilizer, detours on I-15. A
tractor trailer carrying monoammonium phosphate overturned spilling 10 tons on
Interstate-15. Motorists were forced to exit from the highway to allow for
cleanup, although there was no threat to the environment or waterways. Source: http://helenair.com/news/local/overturned-semi-spills-tons-of-fertilizer
detours-on-i/article_6ece1f10-816a-11e2-96e0-0019bb2963f4.html
• The Page City Council declared its first
state of emergency since incorporation in response to the Highway 89 road
collapse. – Arizona Daily Sun
14. February 28, Arizona
Daily Sun – (Arizona)
Page declares first state of emergency. The Page City Council declared
state of emergency two weeks after a section of Highway 89 was damaged. A
reopening date for the economically vital highway that links Page to the State
has not been planned, in the meantime leaving a 45-mile detour as the primary
alternative. Source: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/page-declares-first-state-of-emergency/article_f5e40b7a-77d8-54a2-b521-5331e7ffb10e.html
• Seventeen
corrections officers from a Texas prison were charged after a four-year
investigation at turned up a prison smuggling ring. – Associated Press
32.
February 28, Associated Press –
(Texas) 17 former prison guards among 32 charged in Texas. A four-year
investigation at a Beeville prison unit turned up 17 corrections officers
charged with aiding and abetting a prison smuggling ring. The prison guards
were selling cellphones and drugs to the inmates as well as trying to sell
stolen cars to Mexican cartel members. Source: http://www.theeagle.com/news/texas/article_79abd954-cdc3-56d6-a785-3772ea9f72fe.html
• One hundred residents and multiple
businesses remain displaced and on alert as officials search for the cause of a
gas leak which led to a fire and 4 injuries. – Newark Star Ledger
44.
February 28, Newark Star-Ledger – (New
Jersey) 100 still evacuated in East Orange nearly 24 hours after gas leak
was discovered. Utility personnel continued looking into the cause of a
fire which led to dozens of residents being evacuated from a three-block area
and multiple homes and businesses losing electrical service after a severe gas
leak led to a house fire and the discovery of high natural gas levels in
multiple nearby homes. The fire which burned for ten hours before being
extinguished caused injuries to two firefighters and two residents. Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/100_still_evacuated_as_east_or.html
Details
Banking and Finance Sector
7. February 27, WFTX 4 Fort
Lauderdale/Naples –
(Florida) Text message scam targeting Bank of America customers. A new
phishing scam alerts Bank of America users by text that their account has been
put on hold and gives them a number to call. The phone number leads to an
automated message system which prompts the accountholder to enter personal
information, card number, social security number and other personal
identifiable information. Source: http://www.fox4now.com/news/local/193728071.html
8. February 27, Associated
Press – (North
Carolina) Ex-NC businessman faces prison for Ponzi scheme. A former
Asheville businessman must forfeit 12 properties and money from five bank
accounts as part of a deal with Federal prosecutors for his role in a Ponzi
scheme which cheated investors out of $13 million dollars over the course of a
decade. He was sentenced to 32 years in Federal prison. Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/27/2711713/ex-nc-businessman-faces-prison.html
9.
February
27, St. Paul Pioneer Press –
(Minnesota) 2 Minneapolis women sentenced
for life
insurance fraud that netted more than $1M. A former policy and plan service coordinator at an
insurance company fraudulently cashed in life insurance policies for clients
and split money with another woman. In total, both women were ordered to pay
$2.7 million in restitution and each sentenced to more than 24 months in
prison. Source: http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_22684037/2-minneapolis-women-sentenced-life-insurance-fraud-that
10. February 27, Associated
Press – (Michigan,
Maryland) Gospel scion gets nearly 14 years in prison. A family member
of a popular gospel music group attracted more than 1,000 investors in an $8
million financial scam tied to bogus Saudi Arabian oil bonds. The judge
sentenced the man to nearly 14 years in federal prison. Source: http://www.necn.com/02/27/13/Winans-scion-gets-nearly-14-years-in-pri/landing_nation.html?&apID=4320dc0bc6c2489daf497287908d7722
11. February 26, Duluth
Northland News Center –
(Minnesota) New scam targets personal or banking information. Minnesota’s
Department of Revenue is warning citizens of a scam in which taxpayers receive
calls by a group claiming to be Minnesota Revenue representatives. The taxpayer
is offered a larger refund if provided with additional personal information.
Source: http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/New-Scam-Targets-Personal-or-Banking-Information-193570741.html
12. February 26, Quincy
Patriot Ledger –
(Massachusetts) Hingham police warn of scam that targeted chief. A
Nigeria based money scam targeted a police chief using both email and seemingly
reputable United Parcel Service packages. The packages which include prize
checks from a legitimate business whose banking account information was
hijacked, asks for a small fee; where the scam makes its money. Source: http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1433788533/Hingham-police-warn-of-scam-that-targeted-chief
Information Technology
34. February 28, Softpedia – (International) BT Yahoo phishing
scam: Final warning. A falsified email prompting BT Yahoo! And Yahoo! users
to verify their log in information on a bogus homepage, is being distributed by
cybercriminals whose aim is to take the information and redistribute it for
monetary benefits. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/BT-Yahoo-Phishing-Scam-Final-Warning-333137.shtml
35. February 28, Softpedia – (International) Oracle confirms
Java 7 Update 15 vulnerability, but researchers are still unhappy. Researchers
urged Oracle to re-evaluate their submissions of weaknesses in the Java 7
Update 15 after the company acknowledged only one of the two vulnerabilities
discovered regarding a full sandbox bypass is a concern, and simply determined
the second vulnerability to be accepted behavior of the update. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Confirms-Java-7-Update-15-Vulnerability-But-Researchers-Are-Still-Unhappy-333188.shtml
36. February 28, Softpedia – (International) Fake Adobe Flash
Player Web sites distribute Ransomlock Ransomware. Experts discovered two
vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player that prompts users to pay a fine in order
to have their computer screens unlocked. Users are guided through a malicious
domain to download one of two corrupted files that when installed, infect the
computer with malicious elements. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-Adobe-Flash-Player-Websites-Distribute-Ransomlock-Ransomware-333127.shtml
37. February 28, Softpedia – (International) Anonymous
publishes 14 GB of information related to Bank of America, others. Bank of
America confirmed data leaked by the hacktivist group Anonymous came from a
third-party company and that their systems were not breached. The group
unloaded 14 GB of data allegedly related to several different companies in
response to a warning they made prior regarding a Bank of America endeavor on
monitoring the Internet. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Publishes-14-GB-of-Information-Related-to-Bank-of-America-Others-333220.shtml
38. February 27, IDG News
Service –
(International) Facebook to fix bug leaking users’ phone numbers. Facebook
is releasing a patch regarding an incident reported in June 2012 of a bug that
releases users’ phone numbers to app developers. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237204/Facebook_to_fix_bug_leaking_users_39_phone_numbers?source=rss_security&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fs%2Ffeed%2Ftopic%2F17+%28Computerworld+Security+News%29
Communications Sector
39.
February 27, Reuters – (National) US
FCC wants incentives to adopt Next Generation 911. A February 27 Federal
Communications Commission report detailed ways to improve the current 911
emergency system including recommending relying on internet technologies which
would establish better and stronger connections with call centers instead of
phone connections. One proposal recommended an incentive program for states to
be early adopters for The Next Generation 911, a system which would gather
emergency information through photos, videos, texts, and other means. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-usa-fcc-idUSBRE91Q1DJ20130227
40.
February 27, TV Technology –
(National) FCC opens Google white-space database for public trial. The
Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology will
commence a 45-day public trial of Google’s TV-band database system. Trial
participants will test a system in which unlicensed devices are used to
identify unoccupied TV channels in the television broadcast frequency band.
Source: http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/fcc-opens-google-white-space-database-for-public-trial/218001
41.
February 27, Harlan Daily Enterprise –
(Kentucky) Internet outage hits schools, businesses. An Internet and
phone outage in Harlan County, Kentucky is believed to be the result of a fiber
optic cable break. Multiple schools, businesses, a hospital and 4,000 Harlan
Community Television customers were affected by the incident. Source: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/21835754/article-Internet-outage-hits-schools--businesses
42. February 27, KAKE 10 Wichita – (Kansas) Storm
knocks out cell service in Norwich. A February 24 blizzard caused nearly
the entire town of Norwich, Kansas, to lose cellular service for two days. The
storm, which knocked out part of the town’s cellular infrastructure, affected
both AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Source: http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/Storm-Knocks-Out-911-Cell-Service-In-Norwich-Area-193652771.html
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