Tuesday, October 1, 2013



 
Complete DHS Daily Report for October 1, 2013

Daily Report

Top Stories

 • Mazda announced that it is recalling 161,400 model year 2009-2013 Mazda6 vehicles due to faulty door latch mounting screws which can cause doors to inadvertently open or fail to close. – United Press International

6. September 28, United Press International – (National) Mazda joins flurry of auto recalls. Mazda announced September 28 that it is recalling 161,400 Mazda6 vehicles, model year 2009-2013, due to faulty door latch mounting screws which can cause doors to inadvertently open or fail to close. Source: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/09/28/Mazda-joins-flurry-of-auto-recalls/UPI-37501380412571/

 • A crash involving two trains at Harlem station in Forest Park, Illinois, left 33 people injured when an out-of-service Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into another stopped train. – USA Today

11. September 30, USA Today– (Chicago) At least 33 injured in Chicago transit crash. A crash involving two trains at Harlem station in Forest Park, Illinois, left 33 people injured September 30 when an out-of-service Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into another train that was stopped. Authorities are investigating and believe foul play may have occurred. Source: http://www.news-press.com/article/20130930/NATION/130930007/At-least-33-injured-Chicago-transit-crash

 • The Arizona State Forestry Division released a report detailing the results of an investigation into the June deaths of 19 firefighters killed while fighting a wildfire and several problems which contributed to their deaths. – Associated Press

31. September 29, Associated Press – (Arizona) Radio problems cited in deaths of 19 firefighters. The Arizona State Forestry Division released a report detailing the results of an investigation into the June deaths of 19 firefighters killed while fighting a wildfire determined improperly programmed radios, vague updates, and a 30 minute communication blackout contributed to their deaths. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/radio-problems-cited-in-deaths-of-19-firefighters

 • An Oklahoma inmate that escaped after 2 fellow inmates stole an unattended transportation van turned himself and 5 others into authorities. – Associated Press

33. September 26, Associated Press – (Oklahoma) Escaped inmate, dials 911 during runaway. An Oklahoma inmate that escaped after 2 fellow inmates stole an unattended transportation van turned himself and 5 others into authorities. The 2 remaining inmates were found after the prisoner helped police track them down. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/joshua-silverman-911-runaway_n_4001822.html

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Banking and Finance Sector

8. September 29, Reuters – (Texas) CFTC alleges $42 million ethanol futures fraud against bank. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission September 27 accused a Houston man of defrauding the bank he worked for of $42.4 million by hiding growing losses in ethanol futures contracts between 2010 and 2011. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/29/cftc-ethanol-fraud-idINL2N0HN2GJ20130929

9. September 27, Easton Express-Times – (Pennsylvania) Former Lafayette Bank president operated $10M Ponzi scheme, according to findings of grand jury investigation. A former Lafayette Bank president was accused of running a $10 million Ponzi scheme in Northampton County using different business names to lure investors. Source: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/northampton-county/index.ssf/2013/09/northampton_county_district_at_15.html

10. September 27, Bergen Record – (International) Lyndhurst man among 10 charged in $200M credit card scheme. The U.S. Department of Justice September 27 charged 10 individuals with additional counts of fraud for their alleged role in a $200 million international credit card fraud scheme. Nine of the defendants were among 18 previously charged in February and were given additional charges, while 1 defendant was newly charged. Source: http://www.northjersey.com/lyndhurst/Lyndhurst_man_among_10_charged_in_200_million_credit_card_scheme.html

Information Technology Sector

34. September 27, Softpedia – (International) Exploit kit uses VBScript to deliver malware. Researchers at Sourcefire identified an exploit kit that uses VBScript to write an executable file to the disk without using a vulnerability or downloading an executable file. A malicious Web site prompts users to run an add-on named “Microsoft Script Runtime” to begin the attack. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exploit-Kit-Uses-VBScript-to-Deliver-Malware-386776.shtml

35. September 27, Threatpost – (International) LinkedIn patches multiple XSS vulnerabilities. Social network LinkedIn fixed four cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its Web site during July, according to a vulnerability report issued by the researcher who first identified and reported the vulnerabilities. Source: http://threatpost.com/linkedin-patches-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities/102443

36. September 27, IDG News Service – (International) Google finally squashes IM bug. Google reported September 27 that it completely corrected a glitch in its Google Talk, Chat, and Hangouts services. The issue caused messages to be sent to the wrong recipients starting September 26. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/092713-google-finally-squashes-im-274288.html

37. September 27, Softpedia – (International) 77% of new malware samples found in Q2 2013 were trojans. Panda Security’s second quarter 2013 threat report found that 77 percent of malware detected during the period were trojans, and that the global infection rate increased from 31.13 percent to 32.77 percent, among other findings. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/77-of-New-Malware-Samples-Found-in-Q2-2013-Were-Trojans-386814.shtml

38. September 27, SC Magazine – (International) London teen arrested for involvement in Spamhaus DDoS attack. U.K. authorities arrested a 16-year-old for his alleged involvement in the massive March 19 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against anti-spam group Spamhaus. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/london-teen-arrested-for-involvement-in-spamhaus-ddos-attack/article/313787/

Communications Sector

39. September 27, KCRG 9 Cedar Rapids– (Iowa) Widespread ImOn Internet outage causes issues for customers. ImOn Communications cable-modem customers in Cedar Rapids suffered an Internet outage September 26 which continued through September 27 after a hardware malfunction caused a loss of services. No other services were impacted. Source: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Widespread-ImOn-Internet-Outage-Causes-Issues-for-Customers-225546582.html