Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for April 30, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Severe storms knocked out power to roughly
45,000 CenterPoint Energy customers April 27 in Houston. – Associated Press (See
item 1)
1.
April 28, Associated Press – (Texas) Thousands
without power in Houston after storms. Severe storms knocked out power to
roughly 45,000 CenterPoint Energy customers in Houston April 27. Crews were
working to restore service. Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130428-thousands-without-power-in-houston-after-storms.ece
• A fuel tanker
overturned on Highway 38 near Angelus Oaks, California, spilling 4,000 gallons
of fuel and prompting the closure of a 3 mile stretch of the highway for at
least a week and perhaps longer. – Los Angeles Times (See item 18)
18.
April 26, Los Angeles Times –
(California) California 38 may shut down at least a week after tanker spill.
A fuel tanker overturned on Highway 38 near Angelus Oaks spilling 4,000
gallons of fuel, prompting the closure of a narrow 3 mile stretch of the
highway for at least a week and perhaps several weeks. The fuel seeped into a
nearby creek that feeds into the Santa Ana River, potentially contaminating
local water supplies. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-38-closure-may-last-weeks--20130426,0,5656576.story
• The U.S. Department of Justice announced the
arrest and charge of a man believed to have sent the U.S. President and 2 other
public officials letters laced with ricin. Authorities arrested him April 27 at
his home in Tupelo, Mississippi. – MSN News (See item 34)
34.
April 28, MSN News – (Mississippi) Miss.
man gets bioweapon charge in ricin case. The U.S. Department of Justice
announced the arrest and charge of a man believed to have sent the U.S.
President and 2 other public officials letters laced with ricin. Authorities
arrested him April 27 at his home in Tupelo. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/miss-man-gets-bioweapon-charge-in-ricin-case
• A sophisticated Apache backdoor being used
to redirect traffic to Web sites hosting the Blackhole exploit kit was found
and analyzed by researchers. – Help Net Security See item 38
below in the Information Technology
Sector
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Banking and Finance Sector
10. April
26, Puget Sound Business Journal – (Washington) FDIC lawsuit
seeks $46 million from executives of failed Frontier bank. The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation filed a lawsuit against 12 former directors and
officers of the failed Frontier Bank of Everett seeking $46 million in damages.
The accused allegedly were negligent in approving loans and acted contrary to
prudent practices. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/04/26/fdic-seeks-46-million-from-executives.html
11. April
26, City News Service – (California) Ex-notary arrested, accused
of mortgage-fraud conspiracy. A former San Diego public notary was arrested
for allegedly running a mortgage fraud scheme involving around 30 properties
that caused losses of over $5 million. Source: http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/Ex-Notary-Accused-of-Mortgage-Fraud-Conspiracy-204965781.html
Information Technology Sector
38. April
29, Help Net Security – (International) Sophisticated Apache
backdoor in the wild. A sophisticated Apache backdoor dubbed
“Linux/Cdorked.A” being used to redirect traffic to Web sites hosting the
Blackhole exploit kit was found and analyzed by researchers at ESET and Sucuri.
Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14836
39. April
29, The H – (International) Hackers access personal data of 50 million
LivingSocial users. The operators of LivingSocial contacted about 50
million customers and asked them to change their passwords after attackers may
have compromised encrypted passwords and personal information. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Hackers-access-personal-data-of-50-million-LivingSocial-users-1851667.html
40. April
29, Softpedia – (International) 11 “Guardian” Twitter accounts hijacked by
Syrian Electronic Army. Members of the Syrian Electronic Army hacktivist
group hijacked several Twitter accounts belonging to the U.K. newspaper The
Guardian using phishing emails to gather the information needed. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/11-Guardian-Twitter-Accounts-Hijacked-by-Syrian-Electronic-Army-349343.shtml
41. April
29, Softpedia – (International) Umbraco developers warn users of severe
vulnerability in integration Web services. The developers of the Umbraco
content management service alerted customers to a vulnerability in the
platform’s integration Web services affecting all versions. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Umbraco-Developers-Warn-Users-of-Severe-Vulnerability-in-Integration-Web-Services-349167.shtml
42. April
29, Computerworld – (International) McAfee spots Adobe Reader PDF-tracking flaw. McAfee
researchers found a security flaw in Adobe Reader that can show when a user
opened a document and where the file is located on users’ systems. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238752/McAfee_spots_Adobe_Reader_PDF_tracking_flaw
43. April
26, Krebs on Security – (International) Dutchman arrested in
Spamhaus DDoS. A Dutch national was arrested by authorities in Spain in
connection with the massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against
Spamhaus in March. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/dutchman-arrested-in-spamhaus-ddos/
44. April
26, SC Magazine – (International) Travnet trojan compresses files to send more
info to data thieves. A new trojan dubbed “Travnet” was spotted by
researchers being used in a targeted operation. The malware can gather user
information and steal files by compressing them and then sending them back to
botnet operators. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/travnet-trojan-compresses-files-to-send-more-info-to-data-thieves/article/290486
Communications Sector
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