Thursday, May 16, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for May 16, 2013
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• Smoldering at the Bridgeton Landfill near
St. Louis was being monitored due to its proximity to nuclear waste buried at
an adjacent landfill. – Associated Press
6.
May 14, Associated Press – (Missouri) Attorney
General: Landfill smoldering being watched closely over concerns about nearby
nuclear waste. Smoldering at the Bridgeton Landfill near St. Louis was
being monitored due to its proximity to nuclear waste buried at an adjacent
landfill. The Missouri Attorney General announced an agreement with the
landfill’s operators to temporarily relocate nearby residents due to the smell
from the smoldering. Source: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/dcc06d6677bc49b5985a7877fbc71b13/MO--Bridgeton-Landfill
• Authorities charged multiple people for
allegedly defrauding the Medicare program and/or private health insurers of
$233 million through false billing. – Federal Bureau of Investigation
22.
May 14, Federal Bureau of Investigation –
(Illinois) Federal Medicare Fraud Strike Force charges Chicago-area
defendants with defrauding Medicare and other health insurers. Authorities
charged 2 Chicago-area physicians and 3 health clinic co-owners among 7 other
defendants for 5 separate, unrelated health care fraud schemes. The defendants
defrauded the Medicare program and/or private health insurers of millions of
dollars in what is part of a national takedown by the Medicare Fraud Strike
Force involving 89 defendants in 8 cities collectively involving $233 million
in false billing. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/chicago/press-releases/2013/federal-medicare-fraud-strike-force-charges-chicago-area-defendants-with-defrauding-medicare-and-other-health-insurers
• Firefighters reached 95 percent containment
in a wildfire that burned through 6,800 acres in Wisconsin’s Douglas and
Bayfield Counties. – Duluth News Tribune
29.
May 15, Duluth News Tribune –
(Wisconsin; Minnesota) Residents evacuated as Wisconsin wildfire grows. Firefighters
reached 95 percent containment in a wildfire that burned through 6,800 acres in
Wisconsin’s Douglas and Bayfield Counties and destroyed at least 50 structures.
Residents were evacuated and a portion of Wisconsin’s state Highway 27 was
closed as crews also responded to a wildfire in Minnesota that burned through
nearly 5,000 acres. Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/267215/
• Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday release
included critical fixes for several programs. – Help Net Security See item 39
below in the Information Technology
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Banking and Finance Sector
9. May 14,
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey –
(National) Three arrested, charged in New Jersey in multi-million-dollar
fraud offering pre-IPO Facebook shares. Federal authorities arrested three
men in New Jersey and New York charged with allegedly running an investment
scheme that stole $6.7 million from an investor by claiming they had access to
Facebook stocks prior to the company’s initial public offering. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/newark/press-releases/2013/three-arrested-charged-in-new-jersey-in-multi-million-dollar-fraud-offering-phony-pre-ipo-facebook-shares
Information Technology Sector
38. May 15,
The H – (International) Mozilla’s Firefox update fixes three critical
holes. Mozilla released an update for its Firefox browser that fixes three
vulnerabilities rated “critical” or “high severity.” Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Mozilla-s-Firefox-update-fixes-three-critical-holes-1863449.html
39. May 14,
Help Net Security – (International) Microsoft fixes 33 vulnerabilities. Microsoft’s
latest Patch Tuesday release included critical fixes for several programs,
including a fix for an Internet Explorer (IE) 8 zero-day flaw recently used in
targeted attacks. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14908
40. May 14,
Threatpost – (International) Adobe patches ColdFusion, Flash, Reader
vulnerabilities. Adobe released updates for its ColdFusion, Flash, and
Reader programs, closing two vulnerabilities seen exploited in the wild as well
as other vulnerabilities. Source: http://threatpost.com/adobe-patches-coldfusion-flash-reader-vulnerabilities/
41. May 14,
V3.co.uk – (International) Google Android malware levels rocket as spam
threat grows. F-Secure released its Q1 2013 Threat Report, which found
malware variants targeting mobile devices have risen by 49 per cent since 2012,
among other findings. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2267736/google-android-malware-levels-rocket-as-spam-threats-grow
42. May 14,
Internet Crime Complaint Center – (International) IC3 2012
Internet Crime Report released. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
released the 2012 Internet Crime Report, which reported an average of more than
24,000 complaints received per month and that unverified losses rose 8.3 per
cent, among other findings. Source: http://www.ic3.gov/media/2013/130514.aspx
Communications Sector
43.
May 14, WKYT 27 Lexington – (Kentucky)
Thieves knock Lexington radio station off air. KISS 96.9 FM Paris was
knocked off the air for six hours May 14 and sustained $30,000 in damages after
thieves broken into the station tower to steal copper. Source: http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Thieves-knock-Lexington-radio-station-off-air-207445921.html?ref=921#.UZOUGrWkq0h
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