Complete DHS Daily Report for September 6, 2013
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Top Stories
• A Union Pacific railroad bridge located near
the town of Byers, Colorado, will remain closed for an undetermined amount of
time until officials can inspect the damage from an August 4 fire. – KMGH 7
Denver
14.
September 4, KMGH 7 Denver –
(Colorado) Union Pacific railroad bridge between Denver and Kansas City
closed after early morning fire. A fire prompted the closure of a Union
Pacific railroad bridge August 4 near the town of Byers for an undetermined
amount of time until officials can inspect the damage. The line runs from
Denver to Kansas and handles 8 to 10 trains a day. Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/union-pacific-railroad-bridge-between-denver-and-kansas-city-closed-after-early-morning-fire
• Safeway Inc. reached a settlement with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency September 4 to curb refrigerant leaks at
659 stores and pay a $600,000 fine. – Bloomberg News
17.
September 4, Bloomberg News –
(National) Safeway agrees to stop leaks of refrigerant chemical. Safeway
Inc. reached a settlement to curb harmful refrigerant leaks at 659 of its
stores and pay a $600,000 fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
September 4. The company failed to promptly repair leaks of
hydrochlorofluorocarbon and will spend $4.1 million to reduce the releases.
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-04/safeway-agrees-to-stop-leaks-of-refrigerant-chemical.html
• A total of 13 brain-surgery patients,
including 8 from the Catholic Medical Center in Concord, New Hampshire, may
have been inadvertently exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare,
degenerative disorder, as a result of improperly sterilized surgical equipment.
– USA Today
20.
September 5, USA Today – (National) 13
patients possibly exposed to fatal brain disease. New Hampshire health
officials announced September 4 that 8 brain-surgery patients at Catholic
Medical Center in Concord may have been exposed to the rare, degenerative
disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease through potentially contaminated equipment.
Five additional patients in other States may have also been exposed to the
disease as a result of improperly sterilized surgical equipment. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/04/new-hampshire-hospital-fatal-brain-disease/2764645/
• Rockford, Michigan officials issued a boil
advisory for residents and closed six schools September 5 after an equipment
malfunction resulted in E. coli contamination being found in the city’s water
system. – MLive.com
23.
September 4, MLive.com – (Michigan) 3,000
Rockford students staying home Thursday because of E. coli detected in city
water system. Officials closed 6 schools in Rockford September 5 after E.
coli contamination was found in the city’s water system. A boil advisory was
issued for residents after an equipment malfunction resulted in lower levels of
chlorine residuals in the water system and tests showed coliform bacteria was
present in the water. Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/09/3000_rockford_students_staying.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
5.
September 5, Dark Reading –
(International) New, advanced banking trojan discovered in the wild. Researchers
at ESET identified a new banking trojan with advanced features called
Win32/Spy.Hesperbot targeting users in Turkey, the U.K., and the Czech Republic
via phishing emails. The trojan can log keystrokes, set up a remote proxy,
create a hidden virtual network computing (VNC) server, and attempts to get
users to install a mobile component of the malware on their mobile devices.
Source: http://www.darkreading.com/end-user/new-advanced-banking-trojan-discovered-i/240160826
6.
September 4, Marine Independent Journal –
(California) San Rafael credit union robbed by bandit in earflaps as crime
streak continues. A man linked to at least five other bank robberies in
Marin robbed a Redwood Credit Union branch in San Rafael September 4. Source: http://www.marinij.com/crimebeat/ci_24015540/san-rafael-credit-union-robbed-by-bandit-earflaps
Information Technology Sector
27.
September 4, Threatpost –
(International) Public exploit available for patched Safari bug. Packet
Storm released a proof-of-concept exploit for a patched Safari heap buffer
overflow vulnerability. The vulnerability was patched in November 2012 and
affects users who have not yet updated to newer versions of OS X and iOS.
Source: http://threatpost.com/public-exploit-available-for-patched-safari-bug
28.
September 4, IDG News Service –
(International) FTC: Negligence by security camera vendor harms customers’
privacy. TRENDnet settled U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that were
brought due to lax security practices in software for its security cameras that
allowed the cameras’ feeds to be remotely posted and watched by unauthorized
users. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/090413-ftc-negligence-by-security-camera-273485.html
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another story, see item 5 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
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