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
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