Complete DHS Report for March 13, 2014
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• North Dakota Waste Management officials
reported March 11 that hundreds of hazardous used oil filtering socks were
discovered in an abandoned building in the Town of Noonan. – Associated
Press
1.
March 11, Associated Press – (North Dakota) Officials: Cache of
illegal oil field waste found in North Dakota. North Dakota Waste
Management officials reported March 11 that hundreds of tubular filters were
discovered in an abandoned building in the Town of Noonan, in what may be the
State’s biggest incident of illegal dumping of radioactive oil filter socks.
Authorities are investigating the incident. Source: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/officials-cache-of-illegal-oil-field-waste-found-in-north/article_b30d3c2b-1313-5c09-9054-7c6d3ca693e6.html
• The California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation reported that about 200 inmates at a maximum security prison in
Imperial County were involved in a riot March 11 that injured 7 inmates. – Los
Angeles Times
21.
March 11, Los Angeles Times – (California) Seven inmates hurt in
Calipatria prison riot. The California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation reported that about 200 inmates at a maximum security prison in
Imperial County were involved in a riot March 11 that injured 7 inmates. The
cause of the riot, which began in the Level IL yard at Facility B and included
several inmate-manufactured weapons, is under investigation. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-calipatria-prison-riot-20140311,0,4276044.story
• A gas leak explosion caused two buildings in
New York City to collapse March 12, killing 2 people and injuring at least 22
others. – WNBC 4 New York City
28.
March 12, WNBC 4 New York City – (New York) 2 dead, 22 hurt, others
missing in explosion, collapse caused by gas leak. A gas leak explosion
caused two buildings in the Harlem area of New York City to collapse March 12,
killing 2 people and injuring at least 22 others. Metro North service out of
Grand Central station was temporarily suspended due to debris on the tracks.
Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Park-Avenue-116th-Street-Fire-Collapse-Explosion-249730131.html
• Firefighters responded to a 5-alarm fire
March 12 that engulfed and destroyed an apartment complex under construction in
San Francisco, and forced residents of 30 nearby apartments to evacuate
indefinitely March 11. – KTVU 12 Oakland
29.
March 12, KTVU 12 Oakland – (California) Collapse fears keep SF fire
evacuations in place. Firefighters remained at the scene of a 5-alarm fire
March 12 that engulfed and destroyed an apartment complex under construction in
San Francisco, and forced residents of 30 nearby apartments to evacuate
indefinitely March 11. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire that
injured one firefighter. Source: http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/massive-sf-housing-project-now-pile-smoldering-met/nfBS4/
Financial Services Sector
5.
March 12, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (National) SEC
charges Jeffries LLC with failing to supervise its mortgage-backed securities
desk during financial crisis. Global investment bank and brokerage firm
Jeffries LLC agreed to pay $25 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission charges that the company failed to supervise employees at its
mortgage-backed securities desk who lied to customers about pricing. A Jeffries
representative was separately convicted in a criminal trial on several counts
of securities fraud and other charges. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370541108233
6.
March 11, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission– (International) SEC
charges animal feed company and top executives in China and U.S. with
accounting fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced
charges March 11 against animal feed company AgFeed Industries Inc., and
company executives for allegedly perpetrating a massive accounting fraud scheme
that reported false revenues from the company’s operation in China in order to
inflate stock prices and meet financial targets. The SEC alleges that a real
set of financial books were kept hidden from auditors and that the fraud caused
the company to report false revenues of around $239 million. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370541102314
7.
March 11, IDG News Service – (International) Chicago court freezes US
assets of Mt. Gox CEO, companies. A U.S. district judge froze the U.S. assets
of the CEO of failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox and two affiliated companies
March 11 as part of a lawsuit against the exchange alleging fraud after Mt. Gox
suspended trading and reported that it had lost around $474 million worth of
the virtual currency. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/031114-chicago-court-freezes-us-assets-279626.html
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March 11, Austin American-Statesman – (Texas) Texas regulators issue
first order against firm taking Bitcoins for investments. The Texas State
Securities Board issued a cease-and-desist order March 10 to Balanced Energy
LLC to stop accepting Bitcoins from investors and to stop offering the working
interests in its wells unless the offerings are first registered with the State
or properly exempted from State regulation. Source: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/texas-regulators-issue-first-order-against-firm-ta/nfBBm/
Information Technology Sector
22. March 12, Softpedia – (International) Adobe updates
Flash Player 12 to address two vulnerabilities. Adobe released updates to
for its Flash Player for Windows, Mac, and Linux, addressing two
vulnerabilities.. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adobe-Updates-Flash-Player-12-to-Address-Two-Vulnerabilities-431700.shtml
23. March 12, Softpedia – (International) Hackers can
steal private WhatsApp chats with other Android apps. A security researcher
identified a security flaw in WhatsApp that could allow any Android app
installed on the device with access to the SD card to retrieve the WhatsApp
database containing private chat logs. The database is encrypted, but a
legitimate app that can decrypt the file is available. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Can-Steal-Private-WhatsApp-Chats-with-Other-Android-Apps-431783.shtml
24. March 12, Softpedia – (International) Chrome updated
to 33.0.1750.149, 7 security issues fixed. Google released the
33.0.1750.149 update of its Chrome browser, closing seven security issues.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-Updated-to-33-0-1750-149-7-Security-Issues-Fixed-431708.shtml
25. March 11, IDG News Service – (International) Microsoft
Patch Tuesday rounds up IE flaws. Microsoft released its monthly round of
Patch Tuesday updates March 11, containing 5 bulletins addressing 23
vulnerabilities. Two were marked as critical, including an Internet Explorer
vulnerability that has been used in targeted attacks. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246895/Microsoft_Patch_Tuesday_rounds_up_IE_flaws
26. March 11, IDG News Service – (International) Researchers
attack secured Internet activity to mine personal data. Researchers at the
University of California, Berkeley developed an attack that could allow
governments and Internet service providers to bypass HTTPS traffic protections
and determine the Web pages a user has visited with 89 percent accuracy.
Attackers would need to be able to visit the same Web pages as the user, which
would enable them to identify packet patterns in the encrypted traffic. Source:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/031114-researchers-attack-secured-internet-activity-279594.html
Communications Sector
27. March 11, Watertown Daily News – (Massachusetts) Phone
service back in Lewis County. Customers of Frontier Communications in
Lowville experienced a phone service outage after a fiber was cut March 10.
Repairs were made and service restored March 11. Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20140311/NEWS04/703109863
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