Complete DHS Daily Report for July 16, 2013
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• Portland General Electric stated their
Boardman, Oregon coal plant will likely be offline for at least a month for
repairs after the plant lost its output July 1. – Portland Oregonian
1. July 12, Portland Oregonian – (Oregon) PGE’s Boardman coal plant offline after
pipe shock. Portland General Electric stated their Boardman coal plant will
likely be offline for at least a month for repairs after the plant lost its
output July 1 when a temperature shock in a 36-inch steam pipe knocked the pipe
out of its hangars. Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/pges_boardman_coal_plant_offli.html
• Antero Resources was ordered to cease
operations at their Hinterer 1H well in West Virginia due to an ongoing
investigation into the cause of an explosion that burned five workers. – Associated
Press
2. July 12, Associated Press – (West Virginia) DEP orders Antero to keep W.Va. well
pad idle as investigation continues on blast that hurt 5. Antero Resources
was ordered to cease operations at their Hinterer 1H well near New Milton in
Doddridge County due to an ongoing investigation into the cause of an explosion
that burned five workers. The company is required to submit a report to the
Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Oil and Gas by July 31
explaining the cause of the accident and a safety plan to resume operations.
Source: http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/d7243081c87e4fdcb452b3069f704c4b/WV--Gas-Well-Explosion
• All northbound lanes of the 5
Freeway in Los Angeles, California, were closed for more than seven hours after
a gasoline tanker overturned and spilled thousands of gallons of gas. – Los
Angeles Times
12. July 13, Los Angeles
Times – (California) Overturned
gasoline tanker truck sets L.A. River ablaze. All northbound lanes of the 5
Freeway at the interchange of the 2 Freeway in Los Angeles were closed more
than seven hours after a gasoline tanker overturned and spilled thousands of
gallons of gas. A significant amount of burning fuel made its way through storm
drains and into the Los Angeles River prompting firefighters to deploy across a
mile-long stretch of the river to monitor the spill. Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0714-freeway-fire-20130714,0,1665920.story
• The Screven County, Georgia dam burst July
13 and nearly completely drained, causing damage to roads and railroad tracks.
– WSAV 3 Savannah
47. July 14, WSAV 3 Savannah – (Georgia) Screven County pond dam bursts. The Screven County dam located at Herbert Jacobs Pond burst July 13 and nearly completely drained, causing damage to roads and railroad tracks. Source: http://www.wsav.com/story/22834585/screven-county-dam-fails
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Banking and Finance Sector
7. July 15, Dark Reading – (National) Report:
Phone fraud plagues call centers at financial institutions. A report by the
Aite Group found that telephone-based social engineering attacks seeking bank
customers’ personal information is becoming a popular method of fraud.
Attackers use some personal information to extract more from call center
representatives for use in account takeover and other fraud. Source: http://www.darkreading.com/government-vertical/report-phone-fraud-plagues-call-centers/240158241
8. July 15, Softpedia – (International) Android
malware “hardcore88” poses as Commonwealth Bank security app. Researchers
at IB Group discovered a mobile banking trojan dubbed hardcore88 for sale on
underweb forums that poses as a legitimate security app for Australia’s
Commonwealth Bank. The trojan can block calls by the bank to victims and
intercept one-time passwords sent via SMS. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Android-Malware-Hardcore88-Poses-as-Commonwealth-Bank-Security-App-368124.shtml
Information Technology Sector
35. July 15,
Softpedia – (International) Janicab Mac malware uses RLO to hide file
extension. Researchers at F-Secure discovered a piece of malware for Macs
dubbed Backdoor:Python/Janicab.A that uses the right-to-left override (RLO)
character to mask file extensions. The malware aims to take screenshots and
record audio and gets its command server’s address via YouTube videos and other
Web sites. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Janicab-Mac-Malware-Uses-RLO-to-Hide-File-Extension-368292.shtml
36. July 15, Softpedia – (International) Expert finds
way to hijack Facebook accounts by exploiting email claim flaw. A security
researcher found and reported a vulnerability that could have allowed attackers
to hijack Facebook accounts by adding an email address of another user.
Facebook addressed the vulnerability after being notified. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Finds-Way-to-Hijack-Facebook-Accounts-by-Exploiting-Email-Claim-Flaw-Video-368273.shtml
37. July 15, The Register – (International) Botch
Tuesday: Redmond frags video codec. Users reported issues with video
playback and some computer games due to a video codec update issued as part of
Microsoft’s July 9 Patch Tuesday updates. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/botch_tuesday_redmond_frags_video_codec/
Communications Sector
38.
July 13, Parkersburg News and Sentinel –
(West Virginia) Area phone services interrupted. Phone customers in the
Parkersburg area lost telephone and some emergency services July 12 from an
unknown cause. Sprint communication officials reported phone services outages
in Parkersburg and surrounding counties were the result of service tower
upgrades, while other service providers searched for separate causes. Source: http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/576017/Area-phone-services-interrupted.html?nav=5054
39.
July 12, WTAW 1620 AM College Station –
(Texas) Local AT&T cell service problems resolved. AT&T cellular
customers in College Station lost service for a few hours July 12 due to a
network outage that also affected Galveston and Houston before service repairs
were completed. AT&T encouraged customers to reset their phones to
reconnect to the network. Source: http://wtaw.com/2013/07/12/local-att-cell-service-problems-resolved/
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