Thursday, October 31, 2013



Complete DHS Daily Report for October 31, 2013

Daily Report

Top Stories

 • Officials are searching for a break in an 8-inch Koch Pipeline Company pipe which spilled 17,000 gallons of crude oil in Fayette County, Texas. – KVUE 24 Austin

1. October 29, KVUE 24 Austin – (Texas) 17,000 gallons of crude oil spill near Smithville. Crews worked to clean up a 17,000 gallon crude oil spill in Fayette County, Texas, after an 8-inch Koch Pipeline Company pipe leaked in Smithville. Officials are searching for the break in the pipeline and do not have an end date for cleanup and repairs. Source: http://www.kvue.com/news/Officials-cleaning-up-400-barrel-oil-spill-near-Smithville-229756751.html

 • An October 29 dust storm contributed to a multiple-fatality accident involving 19 vehicles along Arizona’s Interstate 10, which killed 3, injured 12, and shut down westbound lanes for more than 5 hours. – Associated Press

7. October 30, Associated Press – (Arizona) 3 killed in dust storm crashes on I-10 in Arizona. A dust storm contributed to a multiple-fatality accident involving 19 vehicles in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 south of Casa Grande, Arizona, which killed 3 people, injured at least 12, and closed parts of westbound lanes for more than 5 hours October 29. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/3-killed-in-dust-storm-crashes-on-i-10-in-arizona

 • Portland Water Bureau spokesman reported a 100-year old, 24-inch cast-iron water main break October 29 caused significant flooding and surface damage, affecting traffic, flooding the basements of buildings, and knocking out power. – KOIN 12 Portland

13. October 29, KOIN 12 Portland – (Oregon) Water main breaks, floods downtown. A Portland Water Bureau spokesman reported a 100-year old, 24-inch cast-iron water main break October 29 caused significant flooding and surface damage, affecting traffic, flooding the basements of buildings and hotels, and knocking out power. Source: http://www.koin.com/news/water-main-breaks-significant-damage-downtown

 • A suspect in a string of five murders across multiple locations including a gas station was captured October 29 after authorities tracked him following a high-speed chase and crash. – Dallas Morning News

28. October 29, Dallas Morning News – (Texas) Suspect captured after series of five slayings in Terrell. A suspect in a string of five murders across multiple homes and a gas station/convenience store in Terrell was captured October 29 after authorities tracked him to a wooded area following a high-speed chase and crash. An investigation is ongoing. Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/20131028-suspect-in-series-of-terrell-slayings-captured.ece

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Banking and Finance Sector

4. October 30, Softpedia – (International) Researchers hack counterfeit money detector to accept paper as valid currency. A researcher at IOActive discovered a way to modify the firmware of the Secureuro counterfeit money detector used frequently in Spain so that the device will accept ordinary paper as valid currency. The modifications can be done without hardware hacking and is aided by a lack of encryption in the firmware. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Hack-Counterfeit-Money-Detector-to-Accept-Paper-as-Valid-Currency-395507.shtml

5. October 29, Reuters – (International) Dutch Rabobank fined $1 billion over LIBOR scandal. Dutch bank Rabobank was fined approximately $1 billion by U.S., U.K., and Dutch regulators for manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and another rate over a period of 6 years. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/us-rabobank-libor-idUSBRE99S0L520131029

6. October 29, Reuters – (Georgia) SEC sues investor over alleged Carter’s insider-trading scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against a former hedge fund investment consultant and analyst for allegedly being part of an insider trading scheme that led to around $2.5 million in illegal profits and avoided losses after sharing information in advance of market news regarding clothing maker Carter’s. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-carters-trading-complaint-idUSBRE99T00M20131030

Information Technology Sector

21. October 30, Softpedia – (International) Expert finds unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Twitter. A researcher at Q-CERT identified and reported two vulnerabilities in Twitter that could have been leveraged to upload malicious files to a Twitter developer Web site and to redirect users to arbitrary Web sites. Twitter has since closed the reported vulnerabilities. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Finds-Unrestricted-File-Upload-Vulnerability-in-Twitter-Video-395604.shtml

22. October 30, Softpedia – (International) 10 security fixes included in Firefox 25. Mozilla released the newest version of its Firefox browser, Firefox 25, which includes fixes for 10 security issues, 5 of which were rated critical. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Security-Fixes-Included-in-Firefox-25-395477.shtml

23. October 29, Threatpost – (International) New injection campaign peddling rogue software downloads. Websense researchers reported that a mass injection campaign dubbed GWload has compromised at least 40,000 Web pages by tricking users into installing a fake version of VLC Media Player by claiming it is required to view content. Users who attempt to install the fake software then have several varieties of bloatware and other unwanted software installed on their systems. Source: http://threatpost.com/new-injection-campaign-peddling-rogue-software-downloads

24. October 29, CNET News – (International) MongoHQ scrambles to address major database hack. Database hosting service MongoHQ reported that it was the victim of a security breach October 28 that compromised users’ email addresses, hashed password data, and other account information. Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57609938-83/mongohq-scrambles-to-address-major-database-hack/

Communications Sector

25. October 29, Chicago Tribune – (National) AT&T says it has resolved U-verse outage. AT&T announced October 29 it resolved an outage of its Internet and phone U-verse service for an unreported number of affected customers after a software upgrade issue caused the disruption in service. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-att-uverse-service-outage-20131029,0,5006084.story