Complete DHS Report for February 3, 2014
Daily Report
• A January 31 fire that erupted at the Brookwood
Equestrian Center in Oconee County, Georgia, caused around $1 million in damage
and killed 18 horses. – Athens Banner-Herald.
15.
January 31, Athens Banner-Herald – (Georgia) Barn fire that killed 18
horses in Oconee attributed to electrical cause. Authorities believe a
January 31 fire that erupted at the Brookwood Equestrian Center in Oconee
County and destroyed a stable, caused around $1 million in damage, and killed
18 horses was caused by an electrical issue. Source: http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-01-31/fire-oconee-county-equestrian-center-kills-18-horses-early-friday
• The Michigan Department of Community Health stated
January 30 that a worker was unknowingly ill with tuberculosis and recommended
about 560 patients who received dental care at 4 health care facilities in
Detroit be tested for possible exposure. – AssociatedPress
21.
January 30, Associated Press – (Michigan) State health officials
investigating tuberculosis exposure at 4 Detroit health care facilities. The
Michigan Department of Community Health stated January 30 that a worker was
unknowingly ill with tuberculosis and recommended about 560 patients who
received dental care at 4 health care facilities in Detroit between August and
December 2013 get tested for possible exposure. Source: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/a38784d348eb410a8c576fd72b97e4bb/MI--Tuberculosis-Exposure-Detroit
• The number of nuclear missile launch officers under
investigation for allegedly cheating or being aware of the cheating on a
proficiency exam at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana rose to 92. – NBC
News
25.
January 30, NBC News – (Montana) 92 nuclear missile officers
implicated in cheating scandal, Air Force says. A U.S. Air Force official
stated January 30 that the number of nuclear missile launch officers under
investigation for allegedly cheating or being aware of the cheating on an
important proficiency exam rose at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana from
34 to 92. Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/30/22508088-92-nuclear-missile-officers-implicated-in-cheating-scandal-air-force-says
• Yahoo reported January 30 that attackers attempted to
access a large number of Yahoo Mail accounts using usernames and passwords
likely obtained from a third-party database breach. – Help Net Security See item 31
below in the Information Technology
Sector
Details
Financial Services Sector
8. January 31, Softpedia – (International) Tor-based
malware ChewBacca used to steal card data from POS systems. Researchers at
RSA found that the ChewBacca trojan has been used to log track 1 and track 2
data from compromised point-of-sale (POS) systems since October 2013 in attacks
targeting dozens of retailers. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tor-Based-Malware-ChewBacca-Used-to-Steal-Card-Data-from-POS-Systems-422634.shtml
9. January 30, Spokane Spokesman-Review – (National) URM
Stores narrows list of regional grocers hit by credit card fraud. URM
Stores announced January 30 that it identified 70 stores in Idaho, Montana,
Oregon, and Washington where transactions were exposed to payment card fraud
during a September-November 2013 breach. Affected stores included Yoke's Fresh
Market, Super 1 Foods, Harvest Foods, and Stein's Market grocery stores.
Source: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/jan/30/urm-stores-narrows-list-regional-grocers-hit-credi/
Information Technology Sector
30. January 31, Softpedia – (International) Experts find
28 security issues in Oracle's Java Cloud Service. Researchers at Security
Explorations analyzed Oracle's Java Cloud Service and found 28 security issues,
16 of which could be leveraged to bypass the Java security sandbox of a
targeted WebLogic server environment. The vulnerabilities could also be
leveraged to gain access to deployments of other users in the same regional
data center, according to the researchers. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experts-Find-28-Security-Issues-in-Oracle-s-Java-Cloud-Service-422629.shtml
31. January 31, Help Net Security – (International) Yahoo
Mail accounts compromised in coordinated attack. Yahoo reported January 30
that attackers attempted to access a large number of Yahoo Mail accounts using
usernames and passwords likely obtained from a third-party database breach.
Yahoo reset passwords for affected accounts and advised users to secure their
accounts by changing their passwords. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16289
32. January 30, Softpedia – (International) Service
promising Twitter followers hijacks accounts and uses them for spam. A
service promising to increase a user's Twitter followers was found by Trend
Micro researchers to hijack users' accounts to send out spam. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Service-Promising-Twitter-Followers-Hijacks-Accounts-and-Uses-Them-for-Spam-422236.shtml
33. January 30, SC Magazine – (International) GoDaddy
admits giving up info that led to Twitter username extortion. GoDaddy
reported that an attacker with personal information of the owner of a rare Twitter
account name was able to use social engineering to access the account holder's
GoDaddy account over the phone as part of an extortion scheme to steal the
Twitter account. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/godaddy-admits-giving-up-info-that-led-to-twitter-username-extortion/article/331867/
Communications Sector
34.
January 30, WLSTV 7 Chicago – (National) ‘One ring’ cell phone scams,
$9.84 credit card charges. The Better Business Bureau warned cell phone
users about a “one ring” scam where scammers program computers to call random
cell phones from an international number and hang up after one ring. If a user
calls the number back, an automatic $19.95 international call fee plus $9.00
per minute is charged. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=9412370
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