Thursday, June 20, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for June 20, 2013
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• Authorities evacuated 55 residents in
Washington Parish, Louisiana, after a portion of the Florida Gas Transmission
pipeline exploded and sparked a fire. – Reuters
1.
June 18, Reuters – (Louisiana) Major
pipeline explodes in Louisiana, area evacuated. Authorities evacuated 55
residents in Washington Parish after a portion of the Florida Gas Transmission
pipeline exploded and sparked a fire on the line, destroying a mobile home June
18. A section of the pipeline, which transports gas from Texas to Florida, was
shut down and rerouted. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-explosion-louisianabre95h0h2-20130618,0,7901149.story
• Chrysler announced a recall of about 2.7
million Jeep vehicles due to a gas tank placement issue linked to 51 deaths by
fire. – Yahoo! Autos
2.
June 18, Yahoo! Autos – (National) Chrysler
agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps to fix potential fire flaw. Chrysler
announced that it will recall about 2.7 million model year 1993-2004 Grand
Cherokee and 2002-2007 Liberty vehicles due to a gas tank placement issue
linked to 51 deaths by fire. Chrysler will install a trailer hitch to minimize
the chance that the gas tank may be punctured during a rear-end collision.
Source: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/chrysler-agrees-recall-2-7-million-jeeps-fix-183456236.html
• A truck carrying propane fell off the
Highway 146 southbound ramp to Highway 225 West in La Porte, Texas, causing
both highways to shut down. – KHOU 11 Houston
9. June 19,
KHOU 11 Houston – (Texas) Highways 225, 146 to remain closed for several more
hours. A truck carrying propane fell off the Highway 146 southbound ramp to
Highway 225 West in La Porte, which caused both highways to shut down June 18
while crews burned off the truck’s load of propane. Authorities expected both
highways to reopen June 19. Source: http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/Officials-burning-fuel-from-overturned-big-rig-in-La-Porte-212093381.html
• Firefighters reached 85 percent containment
of Colorado’s Black Forest Fire that destroyed over 500 homes, while fires in
Alaska, Arizona, and other areas of California also prompted evacuations. – Reuters
(See item 30)
30.
June 18, Reuters – (National) Colorado
wildfire snuffs over 500 homes, new blazes menace west. Firefighters
reached 85 percent containment of Colorado’s Black Forest Fire that destroyed
over 500 homes by June 18 while 2,600 people remained under evacuation orders.
Crews battled additional wildfires in California, Alaska, and Arizona as
officials ordered mandatory evacuations for residents. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-wildfire-snuffs-over-500-homes-california-fire-
220915124.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
3. June 19,
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot – (Virginia) Police seek man in three Va.
Beach bank robberies. Police are seeking a man suspected of robbing three
bank branches in Virginia Beach during June. Source: http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/police-seek-man-three-va-beach-bank-robberies
4. June 18,
USA Today – (International) Britain charges ex-Citigroup trader in LIBOR
scandal. Authorities in the U.K. charged a former Citibank and UBS trader
for allegedly being a key figure in the manipulation of the London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR). Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/18/libor-ubs-citigroup-tom-hayes/2433551/
5. June 18,
American Banker – (National) Big banks brace for cyberattack exercise. The
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) scheduled a
massive cybersecurity exercise for financial institutions for June 28 called
Quantum Dawn 2 intended to simulate a cyberattack on the financial sector.
Source: http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_117/regulators-to-test-bank-security-with-fake-cyberattack-1059946-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1
6. June 18,
V3.co.uk – (International) Phishing gang face 21-year prison stretch for
UK bank scam worth £59m. Two Romanians and a Nigerian were sentenced in the
U.K. for running a phishing and bank fraud scheme that targeted online banking
customers in the U.S., U.K., Russia, and China. Servers seized in the
investigation held details of 30,000 bank customers, with the U.K. details
alone potentially netting about $92 million in fraud. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2275744/phishing-gang-face-21year-prison-stretch-for-uk-bank-scam-worth-gbp59m
7. June 18,
Chicago Tribune – (Illinois) FBI: Man charged with string of suburban bank
robberies. A man from Cary was charged with three bank robberies over a
10-day period at bank branches in the suburbs of Chicago. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/crystal_lake_cary/chi-fbi-man-charged-with-string-of-suburban-bank-robberies-20130618,0,246923.story
8. June 18,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (California) SEC charges San
Diego-based promoter in penny stock scheme. The U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission charged a San Diego penny stock promoter with allegedly
attempting to artificially inflate the price of a penny stock with $2.5 million
in share purchases for use in a planned fraud scheme. Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2013/2013-114.htm
Information Technology Sector
35. June 19,
Softpedia – (International) Oracle fixes 40 Java vulnerabilities with
June 2013 CPU. Oracle released a critical patch update for Java, closing 40
vulnerabilities, 37 of which were remotely exploitable. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Fixes-40-Java-Vulnerabilities-with-June-2013-CPU-361994.shtml
36. June 19,
Softpedia – (International) Government Security News and 60 other
websites hacked, abused to serve malware. Zscaler researchers investigating
a piece of malware discovered on a Government Security News Web site found that
65 Web sites had been compromised in an effort to infect users with the
ZeroAccess trojan. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Government-Security-News-and-60-Other-Websites-Hacked-Abused-to-Serve-Malware-361932.shtml
37. June 19,
Softpedia – (International) Google updates Chrome 27 to fix Flash plugin clickjacking
vulnerability. Google released an update for its Chrome browser that closes
a vulnerability that uses Adobe Flash Player to hijack users’ microphones and
webcams. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Updates-Chrome-27-to-Fix-Flash-Plugin-Clickjacking-Vulnerability-361875.shtml
38. June 19,
Computerworld – (International) Apple pours OS X Snow Leopard another Java
fix. Apple released a patch for Java 6 on OS X Snow Leopard Lion, and
Mountain Lion following Oracle’s release of patches for Java 7. Source: https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240171/Apple_pours_OS_X_Snow_Leopard_another_Java_fix
39. June 18,
Help Net Security – (International) Facebook once again accessible via Tor. Facebook
became inaccessible for several hours June 18 to users of The Onion Router
(Tor) network after malicious activity on some Tor exit nodes triggered
Facebook’s site integrity systems. Source: https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15098
40. June 18,
V3.co.uk – (International) Google Docs hijacked by Trojan.APT.Seinup
malware. Researchers at FireEye found an advanced spearphishing campaign in
the wild that uses Google Docs to avoid detection and install the
Trojan.APT.Seinup malware. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2276007/google-docs-hijacked-by-trojanaptseinup-malware
41. June 18,
Help Net Security – (International) Customized spam uses cell phone users’ data
against them. AdaptiveMobile researchers found that mobile spammers have
been using databases of U.S. cell phone subscriber data to craft customized
spam for use in collecting financial and personal information. Source: https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15100
42. June 18,
The Register – (International) Remote code execution vuln appears in Puppet.
Puppet Labs advised users to update to newer versions of the Puppet
infrastructure management tool after a remote code execution vulnerability was
discovered. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/18/puppet_security_vuln/
Communications Sector
43.
June 17, Fayetteville Observer –
(North Carolina) Fayetteville radio station WFSS 91.9 FM will be off air
Thursday from 7 a.m. to noon for tower repairs. WFSS 91.9 FM alerted
listeners that it would be off the air for 5 hours June 20 to repair its
broadcasting tower and expected to be back on the air later that day. Source: http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/17/1264005
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