Complete DHS Daily Report for September 5, 2013
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• Over 1,200 passengers Amtrak trains
traveling between Wilmington, Delaware, and Perryville, Maryland, were delayed
or forced to transfer trains September 2 after thunderstorms damaged the
railroad's signaling system. – Baltimore Sun
15.
September 3, Baltimore Sun –
(Delaware; Maryland) Amtrak service disrupted, riders trapped after storm
damage. Over 1,200 passengers on five different Amtrak trains traveling
between Wilmington, Delaware, and Perryville, Maryland, were delayed for hours
or forced to transfer trains September 2 after a line of thunderstorms damaged
the railroad's signaling system. Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-amtrak-delays-20130903,0,4662353.story
• Authorities are investigating an incident at
Spring High School near Houston after one student was killed and three others
were reportedly injured in a stabbing September 4. – KPRC 2 Houston
20.
September 4, KPRC 2 Houston – (Texas) 1
killed, 3 injured in stabbing at Houston-area high school. One student was
killed and three others were reportedly injured in a stabbing at Spring High
School near Houston September 4. Authorities are investigating the incident.
Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Multiple-People-Stabbed-at-Houston-Area-High-School-222335781.html
• Firefighters continued to battle the
235,841-acre Rim Fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park in
California as they reached 80 percent containment September 4. – Los Angeles
Times
24. September
4, Los Angeles Times – (California) Rim fire: Containment of Yosemite-area blaze at
80%. Firefighters continued to battle the 235,841-acre Rim Fire burning in
and around Yosemite National Park as they reached 80 percent containment
September 4. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-yosemite-containment-80-20130904,0,5841792.story
• Officials designated the former Fillipo Dry
Cleaners site in Rutland, Vermont, as an environmental emergency and committed
a $1.2 million budget to prevent the further spread of toxic chemicals from the
site. – Vermont Digger
34. September
2, Vermont Digger– (Vermont) State paying $1.2 million for cleanup of Rutland
dry-cleaner contamination. Vermont officials designated the former Fillipo Dry
Cleaners site in Rutland as an environmental emergency and committed a $1.2
million budget to prevent the further spread of toxic chemicals from the site
toward a residential neighborhood. The cleanup includes removal of contaminated
soil and water from the site. Source: http://vtdigger.org/2013/09/02/state-paying-1-2-million-for-cleanup-of-rutland-dry-cleaner-contamination/
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Banking and Finance Sector
5. September 4, The Register – (International) Citadel
botnet resurges to storm Japanese PCs. Trend Micro reported that the
Citadel botnet has returned to service and been spotted in a campaign targeting
online banking credentials at Japanese financial institutions as well as email
services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/04/citadel_wreaks_havoc_in_japan/
6. September 3, Fort Meyers News-Press – (Florida)
Two Lehigh Acres men arrested in credit card scam. Two men from Lehigh
Acres were arrested after making several purchases in the Sarasota area using
fraudulent credit cards. Police found 120 counterfeit cards and 29 victims’
personal information in their possession. Source: http://www.news-press.com/article/20130903/CRIME/130903015/Two-Lehigh-acres-men-arrested-credit-card-scam
Information Technology Sector
29. September
3, Threatpost – (International) Cisco warned users of four vulnerabilities. Cisco
published four moderate-severity security notices, warning customers of issues
in its IOS XR carrier routing software, unified computing system, Adaptive
Security Appliance software, and the Web administrator interface for its
wireless LAN controllers. Source: http://threatpost.com/cisco-warns-users-of-four-vulnerabilities
30. September 3, Threatpost – (International) Njworm: A
RAT with legs and a thirst for no-IP credentials. Researchers discovered a
variant of the njRAT remote access trojan (RAT) named njw0rm that contains the
same capabilities but also seeks to copy itself to removable storage devices
and spread to other systems. The RAT can collect various information from
victims’ systems and also looks for passwords in Chrome, XML files, and the
No-IP dynamic DNS service. Source: http://threatpost.com/njw0rm-a-rat-with-legs-and-a-thirst-for-no-ip-credentials
For another story, see item 5 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
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