Friday, February 28, 2014




Complete DHS Report for February 28, 2014

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 • Thirteen workers of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico were notified that preliminary test results came back positive for exposure to americium-241 after a radiation leak was detected at the nuclear waste repository. – Las Cruces Sun-News

3. February 26, Las Cruces Sun-News – (New Mexico) 13 WIPP employees exposed to radiation. Department of Energy and Nuclear Waste Partnership officials notified 13 workers of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant that preliminary test results came back positive for exposure to americium-241 after a radiation leak was detected February 14 at the nuclear waste repository. Source: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_25232120/breaking-13-wipp-employees-exposed-radiation

 • Individual group members began entering guilty pleas to charges in connection to installing skimming devices and cameras in New Jersey ATMs in order to retrieve customer account information and personal identification numbers. – Associated Press See item 7 below in the Financial Services Sector

 • Avaya will release a patch for two zero-day vulnerabilities in its latest one-X 9608 IP telephones that allows bugs to be exploited remotely and turn the IP phone into a transmitter. – Threatpost See item 30 below in the Information Technology Sector

 • Officials arrested a man suspected of robbing eight hotels at gunpoint in Oregon and Washington, who is also believed to be connected to a bank robbery in Oregon. – KPTV 12 Portland

38. February 24, KPTV 12 Portland – (Oregon; Washington) Police: Serial robber linked to eight cities arrested. A man suspected of robbing hotels at gunpoint in seven Oregon cities and Woodland, Washington was arrested February 23 after a crime spree that began in September 2013. Investigators believe the suspect is also connected to a bank robbery in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Source: http://www.kptv.com/story/24800881/police-serial-robber-linked-to-eight-cities-arrested

Financial Services Sector

5. February 27, Associated Press – (Illinois) Georgia man convicted in investment fraud scheme. A federal jury in Illinois convicted a Georgia man in an investment fraud scheme after he obtained $5.5 million from others while offering investors the chance to generate income through overseas financial transactions. Source: http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-02-27/georgia-man-convicted-investment-fraud-scheme

6. February 26, Riverside Press-Enterprise – (California) San Bernardino County: Seven charged in mortgage loan scam. Seven suspects were arrested and charged February 26 in a $6.2 million San Bernardino County mortgage fraud scam that defrauded more than 1,550 homeowners seeking loan modifications from January 2007 to March 2010. Source: http://blog.pe.com/breaking-news/2014/02/26/san-bernardino-county-seven-charged-in-mortgage-loan-scam/

7. February 26, Associated Press – (New Jersey) Guilty pleas adding up for group charged with stealing more than $5 million in ATM 'skimming.’ Individuals tied to a New Jersey ATM skimming scheme began to enter guilty pleas to charges after federal authorities said the group of 12 installed devices in ATMs to retrieve customer account information and installed pinhole cameras in bank vestibules to record keystrokes in order to gain personal identification numbers. Source:http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/becce09e821c44458a3d378a80aeb0b3/NJ--ATM-Skimming/

For another story, see item 38 above in Top Stories

Information Technology Sector

25. February 27, Softpedia – (International) Fake “payment certificate” notifications used to deliver cross-platform RAT. Symantec researchers reported a spam campaign designed to distribute the Java remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed JRAT that is cross-platform, potentially infecting machines running Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-Payment-Certificate-Notifications-Used-to-Deliver-Cross-Platform-RAT-429736.shtml

26. February 27, Network World – (International) Security firm discloses Apple iOS ‘malicious profile’ vulnerability impact on MDM. Apple will release a patch addressing a vulnerability disclosed by researchers in Apple iOS devices that can impact mobile-device-management (MDM) systems running on them by allowing an attacker to create a hard to detect malicious profile hidden on the device. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/022714-rsa-skycure-279094.html

27. February 27, Softpedia – (International) Flaws in Amazon’s mobile apps could have been exploited to crack passwords. Amazon patched their server after FireEye researchers reported that a weak password policy and no limitation or CAPTCHAs for passwords attempts could have been exploited by attackers to crack the passwords of accounts. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vulnerabilities-in-Amazon-s-Mobile-Apps-Could-Have-Been-Exploited-to-Crack-Passwords-429664.shtml

28. February 27, Softpedia – (International) Three alleged hackers arrested in Korea for stealing information from hundreds of sites. Three individuals from Korea are suspected of hacking into 225 Web sites and stealing the personal details of 17 million individuals including, real estate and trading services, Korean medical associations, and online gambling sites. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Three-Alleged-Hackers-Arrested-in-Korea-for-Stealing-Information-from-Hundreds-of-Sites-429630.shtml

29. February 27, Softpedia – (International) D-Link fixes persistent SSL certificate vulnerability in DCS IP cameras. Firmware updates for several D-Link surveillance camera models from the DCS series were released addressing a SSL certificate vulnerability that could have allowed a malicious user to potentially gain access to the camera control information. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/D-Link-Fixes-Persistent-SSL-Certificate-Vulnerability-in-DCS-IP-Cameras-429622.shtml

30. February 26, Threatpost – (International) Avaya to patch zero days that turn IP phone into radio transmitters. Avaya will release a patch for two zero-day vulnerabilities in its latest one-X 9608 IP telephones that allow bugs to be exploited remotely, bypassing security appliances used to scan for malicious outgoing network traffic and allow the IP phone to turn into a transmitter. Source: http://threatpost.com/avaya-to-patch-zero-days-that-turn-ip-phone-in-radio-transmitters/104506

Communications Sector

31. February 27, Tampa Bay Business Journal – (Florida) Outage causes WTSP to go dark. Customers of Comcast and Dish Network could not access WTSP 10 Tampa Bay for over two hours February 26 due to a power outage affecting the station’s transmitter. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2014/02/outage-causes-wtsp-to-go-dark.html

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