Complete DHS Daily Report for July 12, 2013
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Top Stories
• Shell Oil reached a settlement with federal
agencies to spend at least $115 million to control harmful air pollution and
pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air
Act at a refinery and chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas.– U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
3. July 10, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency –
(Texas) Shell Oil to spend over $115 million to reduce harmful air pollution
at Houston area refinery and chemical plant. Shell Oil and their affiliated
partners reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency July 10 to spend at least $115 million to
control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and other processes and
pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air
Act at a refinery and chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas. Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2EEA246FC5060F0985257BA4004D00C8
• Crews continued to battle the Carpenter 1
Fire near Las Vegas, reaching 15 percent containment July 11 after fires burned
through 28,000 acres. – KLAS 8 Las Vegas
26. July 11, KLAS 8 Las Vegas
– (Nevada) Carpenter
1 Fire increases to 44 square miles. Crews continued to battle the
Carpenter 1 Fire near Las Vegas, reaching 15 percent containment July 11 after
fires burned through 28,000 acres. Source: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/22815343/breaking-news-carpenter-1-fire-grows-to-28000-acres
• Officials confiscated ten-thousand marijuana
plants worth $40 million in street-value from Santa Clara County, California’s
Henry Coe State Park July 10. – KNTV 11 San Jose
33. July 10, KNTV 11 San Jose
– (California) Thousands
of marijuana plants uprooted deep inside Santa Clara County Park. Officials
confiscated 10,000 marijuana plants worth $40 million in street-value from
Santa Clara County’s Henry Coe State Park July 10. California Fish and Wildlife
authorities stated the growth of the illegal plants creates huge environmental
damage as growers dam streams and use illegal pesticides and fertilizers.
Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Thousands-of-Marijuana-Plants-Uprooted-Deep-Inside-Santa-Clara-County-Park-215005671.html
• Extreme rainfall and runoff in the Tennessee
Valley prompted the Tennessee Valley Authority to release excess water from
several dams along the Tennessee River’s 652 miles in an effort to relieve
areas in danger of flooding. – Mississippi State Journal
45.
July 11, Mississippi Business Journal –
(Alabama; Mississippi; Tennessee) High water has TVA spilling at dams;
farmland to be impacted. Extreme rainfall and runoff in the Tennessee
Valley prompted the Tennessee Valley Authority to release or spill excess water
from 10 to 20 tributary dams and all 9 main channel dams along the Tennessee
River’s 652 miles in an effort to relieve areas in danger of flooding. The
spilling is expected to last 1-2 weeks and has already impacted farmland and
caused flooding in several cities along the Tennessee River, prompting
authorities to close recreational areas temporarily. Source: http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/07/11/high-water-has-tva-spilling-at-dams-farmland-to-be-impacted/
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Banking and Finance Sector
6. July 11,
Softpedia – (Hawaii) Roy’s warns Hawaii restaurant customers of data
breach. The owners of Roy’s restaurants notified customers that payment
card information might have been stolen from several locations in Hawaii
between February 1 and February 25 after malware was found on a company
computer. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Roy-s-Warns-Hawaii-Restaurant-Customers-of-Data-Breach-367321.shtml
7. July 10,
Corvallis Gazette-Times – (Oregon; California; Washington) Local
credit union reports $80,000 in credit card fraud. OSU Federal Credit Union
in Corvallis, Oregon, reported that more than $80,000 of fraudulent charges
were made on members’ credit cards between June 8 and June 26 at locations in
Oregon, Washington, and California, while an additional $73,000 of charges were
denied. Source: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/local-credit-union-reports-in-credit-card-fraud/article_70619e22-e8dc-11e2-82ec-001a4bcf887a.html
8. July 10,
WRAL 5 Raleigh – (North Carolina) Feds pursue mortgage fraud in NC. Federal
authorities revealed charges against several mortgage brokers, attorneys, and
real estate professionals in the Raleigh area July 10, including charges
against eight individuals who used straw buyers to obtain $20 million in
mortgage loan disbursements and $5 million in loan proceeds over 6 years.
Source: http://www.wral.com/feds-pursue-mortgage-fraud-in-nc/12646693/
Information Technology Sector
35. July 11,
The Register – (International) HP admits to backdoors in storage products. Hewlitt-Packard
(HP) issued a security advisory after an undocumented administrator account was
discovered in its StoreVirtual products. The vulnerability can be remotely
exploited to disrupt devices and wipe data. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/11/hp_prepping_fix_for_latest_storage_vuln/
36. July 11,
Softpedia – (International) Shadowlock ransomware tells victims to
complete survey to unlock their PCs. Symantec discovered a piece of
ransomware dubbed Trojan.Shadowlock that prompts users to answer survey
questions to unlock their computers. The trojan also contains a variety of
other functions that are as-yet unused. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shadowlock-Ransomware-Tells-Victims-to-Complete-Surveys-to-Unlock-Their-PCs-367423.shtml
37. July 10,
Softpedia – (International) 3 Ukrainians believed to be responsible for
Styx exploit kit. A security researcher believes he has identified the individuals
behind the recent Styx exploit kit as three individuals from Ukraine. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/3-Ukrainians-Believed-to-Be-Responsible-for-Styx-Exploit-Kit-367050.shtml
38. July 10,
The H – (International) Bluebox releases scanner for Android signing
hole. Bluebox released an app to scan whether an Android device is
vulnerable to a recent Android vulnerability that allows the covert
modification of APK files. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Bluebox-releases-scanner-for-Android-signing-hole-1915424.html
For another story, see
item 6 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
39.
July 11, KHSL 12 Chico – (California) KHSL/KNVN
is back up and running on all T.V. providers. Television stations KHSL and
KNVN reported they were out of service again after a break in their fiber
optics line believed to be fixed July 10 failed. The stations reported they did
not know when the line break would be fixed. Source: http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/KHSL-KNVN-is-back-up-and-running-on-all-T-V/IR1tTG5dh0i0INLVJk0L_Q.cspx
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