Complete DHS Daily Report for December 11, 2013
Daily Report
• An Arizona man was found guilty of federal
racketeering charges for his participation in an underweb marketplace that sold
stolen information and fraud services and caused an estimated $50.5 million in
losses. – Wired.com See item 7 below in the Financial Services Sector
• Kaiser Permanente notified about 49,000
patients after a computer flash drive containing unencrypted patient personal
and medical information went missing at the Anaheim Medical Center in
California. – Los Angeles Times
14.
December 10, Los Angeles Times – (California) Kaiser Permanente
reports privacy breach to 49,000 patients. Kaiser Permanente notified about
49,000 patients after a computer flash drive containing unencrypted patient
personal and medical information without password protection was reported
missing September 25 from the Anaheim Medical Center nuclear medicine
department. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-kaiser-privacy-breach-20131209,0,4000091.story
• All federal government offices in
Washington, D.C. as well as city public schools were closed due to severe
winter weather. – Associated Press
16.
December 10, Associated Press – (Washington, D.C.) DC government,
schools closed for winter weather. All federal government offices in
Washington, D.C. as well as city public schools and the University of the
District of Columbia were closed December 10 due to severe winter weather in
the region. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-government-schools-closed-for-winter-weath
• Princeton University in New Jersey decided
to begin vaccinating nearly 6,000 students in an attempt to stop an outbreak of
type B meningitis after 8 people there contracted the disease. – Associated
Press
19.
December 9, Associated Press – (New Jersey) Princeton starts mass
meningitis B vaccinations. Princeton University in New Jersey decided to
begin vaccinating nearly 6,000 students in an attempt to stop an outbreak of
type B meningitis after 7 students and 1 student visitor have contracted the
disease since March. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/princeton-starts-mass-meningitis-b-vaccinations
Details
Financial Services Sector
7. December 9,
Wired.com – (International) Guilty verdict in first ever cybercrime RICO
trial. An Arizona man was found guilty of federal racketeering charges for
his participation in an underweb marketplace known as Carder.su that sold
stolen payment card information, counterfeiting equipment, and online criminal
services. The marketplace created $50.5 million in losses according to a
government estimate. Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/rico/
8. December 9,
Palm Springs Desert Sun– (California) 'Button-Down Bandit' suspected of
robbing Corona bank. The December 6 robbery of a Bank of America bank
branch in Corona was believed to be the work of a suspect known as the
"Button-Down Bandit", a bank robber linked to four other robberies in
the Coachella Valley and Orange County areas. Source: http://www.mydesert.com/article/20131209/NEWS0801/312090008/-Button-down-Bandit-robs-Corona-bank
Information Technology Sector
25. December 10,
Softpedia – (International) MouaBad malware allows cybercriminals to
make phone calls. Researchers at Lookout analyzed a new version of the
MouaBad Android malware, dubbed MouaBad.p, which can be used to make calls and
send messages without a user's input. The new variant only affects Android
versions before Android 3.1. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/MouaBad-Malware-Allows-Cybercriminals-to-Make-Phone-Calls-407819.shtml
26. December 10,
V3.co.uk – (International) Chinese hackers used Syrian crisis to phish
European governments before G20 Summit. Researchers at FireEye detected a
cyberespionage campaign that targeted foreign ministries of several undisclosed
European governments prior to the September G20 Summit dubbed Operation
Ke3chang. The campaign used phishing emails and three types of malware to
infiltrate systems and used servers that appeared to be located in China.
Source:http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2318148/chinese-hackers-used-syrian-crisis-to-phish-european-governments-before-g20-summit
27. December 9,
Computerworld – (International) Other browser makers follow Google's
lead, revoke rogue certificates. Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, and Opera
Software revoked rogue digital certificates that were mistakenly issued by the
French Network and Information Security Agency (ANSSI) and signed by the
France's treasury department. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244645/Other_browser_makers_follow_Google_s_lead_revoke_rogue_certificates
28. December 9, IDG
News Service – (International) Data-stealing malware pretends to be
Microsoft IIS server module. A piece of malware was discovered by
researchers at Trustwave's SpiderLabs that disguises itself as a module for
Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) software and collects data entered
into Web-based forms. The malware, dubbed ISN, is a malicious dynamic link
library (DLL) which is currently undetectable by most anti-virus products.
Source:http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/121013-data-stealing-malware-pretends-to-be-276766.html
29. December 9, Albany
Times-Union – (New York) Bomb threat jolts GlobalFoundries. An
employee allegedly left a bomb threat at the GlobalFoundries Fab 8 site in
Malta, New York, December 9, causing 3,000 construction employees to be
evacuated from the site and construction operations to be suspended for the
day. Source: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Arrest-made-in-GlobalFoundries-bomb-threat-5048095.php
For another story, see
item 7 above in the Financial
Services Sector
Communications Sector
See
item 25 above in the Information
Technology Sector
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