Thursday, February 27, 2014




Complete DHS Report for February 27, 2014

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 • A federal emergency order was issued requiring that all oil produced from North Dakota’s Bakken region being loaded onto trains must be tested and properly labeled reflecting its volatile nature after a series of explosive train derailments. – Reuters

1. February 26, Reuters – (National) Accidents spur U.S. to mandate tests of oil moving by train. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an emergency order February 25 requiring that all oil produced from North Dakota’s Bakken region being loaded onto trains must be tested and properly labeled reflecting its volatile nature after a series of explosive train derailments. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/accidents-spur-us-to-mandate-tests-of-oil-moving-by-train

 • General Motors expanded its compact car recall to fix faulty ignition switches linked to fatal accidents, to include 842,000 Saturn Ion, Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac Solstice, and Saturn Sky models built between 2003 and 2007. – CBS News; Associated Press

6. February 25, CBS News; Associated Press – (National) GM adds 842,000 vehicles to recall linked to fatal crashes. General Motors expanded its compact car recall to fix faulty ignition switches linked to fatal accidents, to include 842,000 Saturn Ion, Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac Solstice, and Saturn Sky models built between 2003 and 2007. The company is aware of 31 crashes and 13 front-seat fatalities related to the issue. Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gm-adds-588000-vehicles-to-recall/

 • Asiana Airlines was $500,000 for failing to adopt and adhere to a law requiring airlines to provide a family assistance plan for major accidents following the July 2013 crash at San Francisco International Airport. – CNN (See item 10)

10. February 26, CNN – (International) Asiana Airlines fined $500,000 for failing to help families after July crash. The U.S. Department of Transportation fined Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to adopt and adhere to a law requiring airlines to provide a family assistance plan for major accidents following the July 2013 crash at San Francisco International Airport that left 3 passengers dead and injured several others. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/25/travel/asiana-plane-crash-fine/index.html

 • Indiana University will notify about 146,000 students and graduates after reporting a potential data breach that affected seven campuses when information was accessed by three automated computer data mining applications. – WBIW 13 Topeka (See item 18)
18. February 26, WBIW 13 Topeka – (Indiana) IU reports possible data breach. Indiana University (IU) will notify about 146,000 students and graduates after reporting a potential data breach of personal information February 25 that affected seven IU campuses when information was accessed by three automated computer data mining applications. The university secured the data after discovering the webcrawlers accessed the information, which had been stored in an insecure location for 11 months. Source: http://www.wbiw.com/local/archive/2014/02/iu-reports-possible-data-breach.php

Financial Services Sector

7. February 26, Softpedia – (International) Bitcoin-stealing Mac malware disguised as Angry Birds game. ESET researchers warned that cybercriminals are distributing OSX/CoinThief, malware designed to steal Bitcoins from Mac users, through torrent files, disguised as cracked versions of various popular Mac OS X applications. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitcoin-Stealing-Mac-Malware-Disguised-as-Angry-Birds-Game-429408.shtml

8. February 25, Associated Press – (National) 20 detained in $3M Puerto Rico mortgage fraud scheme. Twenty people were arrested and charged in Puerto Rico February 25 in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded four banks of $3 million using fraudulent documentation. Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/detained+Puerto+Rico+mortgage+fraud+scheme/9548862/story.html

9. February 25, Lower Hudson Valley News – (New York) Man convicted in mortgage fraud orchestrated by Monsey resident. A man from queens was convicted for his role as an escrow agent that provided false information to the lender in a $126 million mortgage fraud scheme. Source: http://www.lohud.com/article/20140225/NEWS02/302250063

Information Technology Sector

22. February 26, Softpedia – (International) Viruses can spread via Wi-Fi access points like the common cold, researchers show. University of Liverpool researchers found that a computer virus can spread through Wi-Fi access points between businesses and homes due to the fact that many access points are not protected by encryption and passwords. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Viruses-Can-Spread-via-Wi-Fi-Access-Points-Like-the-Common-Cold-Researchers-Show-429456.shtml

23. February 25, IDG News Service – (International) Gmail hit by message delivery delay. Google resolved a Gmail issue that caused delays in the delivery of messages to users for more than 2 hours February 25. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/022514-gmail-hit-by-message-delivery-279147.html

24. February 25, Help Net Security – (International) Apple finally patches critical SSL flaw in OS X. Apple released an update for OS X that patches a bug which made the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) implementation vulnerable, allowing an attacker with a privileged network position to intercept or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/Transport Layer Security (TLS). Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16431

25. February 25, IDG News Service – (International) Android malware using TOR anonymity network makes a debut. Malware for the Android mobile operating system employing The Onion Router (TOR) anonymity network was found by researchers after discovering the malware uses a TOR Web site as a command-and-control server. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/022614-android-malware-using-tor-anonymity-279178.html

Communications Sector

26. February 26, KTVT 11 Fort Worth – (Texas) City of Carrollton phone lines go down. Telephone service in the City of Carrollton was down February 26, including non-emergency lines to the police and fire departments. Officials are investigating the cause of the outage and worked to restore service. Source: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/city-of-carrollton-phone-lines-go-down/

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