Tuesday, December 17, 2013



Complete DHS Daily Report for December 17, 2013

Daily Report

 • An avionics technician working at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport was taken into custody for allegedly planning a suicide car bombing at the airport. – CNN

9. December 13, CNN – (Utah) Local man planned suicide attack at Wichita, Kansas, airport, feds say. An avionics technician working at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Kansas was taken into custody December 13 for allegedly using his security pass to open a gate, drive in a vehicle he thought was laden with explosives, and detonate it on the tarmac. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/13/justice/wichita-terrorism-arrest/

 • A former wastewater-treatment plant operator at Mount Rainier National Park was convicted of purposefully allowing 200,000 gallons of sewage to spill into the Nisqually River in 2011. – Seattle Times

13. December 15, Seattle Times – (Washington) Mount Rainier ex-sewage-plant operator convicted of sabotage. A former wastewater-treatment plant operator at Mount Rainier National Park was convicted December 15 of violations of the Clean Water Act after he purposefully allowed 200,000 gallons of sewage to spill into the Nisqually River in 2011. Source: http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestnews/1753578-8/mount-rainier-ex-sewage-plant-operator-convicted-of-sabotage

 • A student entered Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, and shot and severely wounded one student before fatally shooting himself. – Associated Press

16. December 15, Associated Press – (Colorado) Arapahoe High School shooting: Police seek motive. A student entered Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, December 13 armed with a shotgun and Molotov cocktails and shot and severely wounded one student before fatally shooting himself, according to police. Source: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/12/arapahoe-high-school-shooting-police-seek-motive-98095.html

 • A large fire that broke out at an under-construction apartment complex in Glendale, Colorado, spread to two separate apartment complexes and a townhome community and damaged nearby parked cars. – KUSA 9 Denver

26. December 16, KUSA 9 Denver – (Colorado) Heat of fire melts vehicles. A fire broke out at an under-construction apartment complex holding 341 units December 14 in Glendale, which then jumped a four-lane road, caused two separate apartment complexes and a townhome community to catch fire, and damaged nearly 20 parked cars nearby. Townhomes and some of the neighboring complexes were evacuated to temporary housing and no injuries were reported. Source: http://www.9news.com/news/article/368895/339/Massive-fire-causes-thousands-in-damage

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Financial Services Sector

6. December 13, WGCL 46 Atlanta – (Georgia) Two arrested in elaborate identity theft scheme involving Emory students. Two individuals were charged with allegedly using the Web sites of several universities in Georgia and attending graduation ceremonies in order to steal students’ personal information and file at least $200,000 in fraudulent loan applications in the students’ names. Source: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/24216384/two-arrested-in-elaborate-identity-theft-scheme-involving-emory-students

7. December 13, WSAZ 3Huntington – (Kentucky) Former bank teller pleads guilty to embezzlement scheme. A former South Shore bank teller pleaded guilty the week of December 9 to embezzling more than $800,000 from her former employer, Home Federal Saving & Loan, between June 2004 and July 2012. Source: http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Former-Bank-Teller-Pleads-Guilty-to-Embezzlemtn-Scheme-235744381.html

8. December 13, Tampa Tribune – (Florida) Tampa woman found guilty in credit-card fraud ring. A Tampa woman was found guilty of fraud and identity theft for her role in a card skimming and payment card fraud ring that caused losses of more than $650,000. Four coconspirators previously pleaded guilty in the case, and the alleged head of the organization remains a fugitive. Source: http://tbo.com/news/crime/tampa-woman-found-guilty-in-credit-card-fraud-ring-20131213/

Information Technology Sector

22. December 16, Softpedia – (International) MisoSMS mobile botnet used in at least 64 spyware campaigns. Researchers at FireEye identified an Android botnet dubbed MisoSMS designed to steal text messages and send them back to command and control servers located in China. The botnet was found to have been used in at least 64 campaigns and mostly targeted users in South Korea. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/MisoSMS-Mobile-Botnet-Used-in-At-Least-64-Spyware-Campaigns-409588.shtml

23. December 16, Krebs on Security – (International) Botnet enlists Firefox users to hack Web sites. A security researcher discovered a botnet comprised of more than 12,500 systems dubbed Advanced Power that scans for vulnerabilities in Web sites visited by an infected system’s user. The botnet conducts SQL injection attacks on visited Web sites and disguises itself as a legitimate add-on for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/12/botnet-enlists-firefox-users-to-hack-web-sites/

24. December 16, Softpedia – (International) Bogus VPN website used to distribute keylogger malware. Malwarebytes researchers identified a Web site purporting to offer a virtual private network (VPN) service that instead drops keylogging malware onto the victim’s system. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bogus-VPN-Website-Used-to-Distribute-Keylogger-Malware-409701.shtml

25. December 16, Softpedia – (International) XSS vulnerabilities patched in IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x. Invision Power Services released updates for its IP.Board 3.3.x and 3.4.x products, closing cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/XSS-Vulnerabilities-Patched-in-IP-Board-3-3-x-and-3-4-x-409685.shtml

Communications Sector

Nothing to report