Complete DHS Daily Report for August 21, 2013
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Top Stories
• A worker was killed welding near Brownies
Oil Co. in the Reynolds Industrial Park in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August
19 after a 10,000-gallon fuel oil tank exploded and went flying across the
road. – Associated Press
1.
August 20, Associated Press – (Pennsylvania) 10,000-gallon
fuel tank explodes, 1 dead. A worker was killed welding near Brownies Oil
Co. in the Reynolds Industrial Park in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August 19
after a 10,000-gallon fuel oil tank exploded and went flying across the road.
Nearly 7,500 gallons of fuel leaked and flooded a dike encircling the area
before the spill was contained. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/emergency-crews-respond-pa-plant-explosion-20006184
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention has identified 600 cases of people infected with Cyclospora in 20
States as of August 16. – Food Safety News
18.
August 19, Food Safety News –
(National) Week 8: Cyclospora outbreak hits 20 States: 600 with parasite. The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 600 cases of
people infected with cyclospora in 20 States as of August 16. Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/08/20th-state-joins-cyclospora-outbreak-in-8th-week-586-illnesses-in-latest-count/
• Crews reached 9 percent containment of the
104,000-acre Beaver Creek Fire burning near Sun Valley, Idaho, August 19. – NBC
News
25. August
19, NBC News – (Idaho) ‘Beast’ of a fire threatens luxury resort homes in
Sun Valley area of Idaho. Crews reached 9 percent containment of the
104,000-acre Beaver Creek Fire burning near Sun Valley August 19. Nearly 1,850
homes remained under mandatory evacuation orders as pre-evacuation orders were
given to 7,700 others. Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/19/20087238-beast-of-a-fire-threatens-luxury-resort-homes-in-sun-valley-area-of-idaho?lite
• Officials are investigating the cause of an
August 19 B-1B bomber crash near Broadus, Montana, which prompted the South
Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base to temporarily suspend flights. – Associated
Press
26.
August 19, Associated Press –
(Montana) B-1B bomber crashes in Montana; crew ejects. The four-person
crew of a B-1B bomber safely ejected from the South Dakota-based aircraft
August 19 as the bomber crashed near Broadus, Montana. Officials are
investigating the cause of the crash while South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force
Base temporarily suspended flights. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/b-1b-bomber-crashes-in-montana-crew-ejects
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Banking and Finance Sector
8. August 20, Associated Press – (Connecticut) Man
pleads guilty to skimming ATMs in Conn. A Romanian national pleaded guilty
to his role in an ATM skimming fraud group that stole more than $100,000 from
customers in Connecticut. Source: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/08/20/2641114/man-pleads-guilty-to-skimming.html
Information Technology Sector
34. August
20, V3.co.uk – (International) Amazon outage: US and Canada service fail
takes down 82 domains. Amazon experienced an outage August 19 affecting its
Web sites in the U.S. and Canada for almost half an hour. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2289922/amazon-outage-us-and-canada-service-fail-takes-down-82-domains
35. August
20, Threatpost – (International) Sirefef malware found using Unicode
right-to-left override technique. A variant of the Sirefef malware was found
to be using a known Unicode right-to-left technique to disguise entries in
infected machines' registries as legitimate ones. Source: http://threatpost.com/sirefef-malware-found-using-unicode-right-to-left-override-technique/102033
36. August
19, IDG News Service – (International) Attackers use Ramnit malware to target Steam
users. Trusteer researchers found a new variant of the Ramnit financial
malware being used to steal login credentials for the Steam gaming service.
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/081913-attackers-use-ramnit-malware-to-272961.html
37. August 19, Threatpost – (International) Microsoft
reissues MS13-066 Windows Server patch. Microsoft reissued an August
security patch for Windows Server 2008 after correcting a regression issue that
could cause some servers to stop working. Source: http://threatpost.com/microsoft-reissues-ms13-066-windows-server-patch/102029
Communications Sector
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