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
Details
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