Complete DHS Report for March 6, 2014
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• Ohio-based Smucker’s fruit spread company
shut down its online store after it discovered that attackers breached the
company’s systems and may have obtained customers’ payment card and personal
information. – Softpedia See item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector
• Rainstorms in Los Angeles County,
California, over the February 28 weekend added about 6 billion gallons of water
to the county’s dams and reservoirs, with about 11 inches of rainfall in the
water-starved region. – Los Angeles Times
19. March 4, Los Angeles Times – (California) L.A.
County reservoirs get 6-billion-gallon infusion from storms. Rainstorms in
Los Angeles County over the February 28 weekend added about 6 billion gallons
of water to the county’s dams and reservoirs, with about 11 inches of rainfall
in the water-starved region. Officials say the county is still far short of its
usual water levels for the rainy season. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-water-tally-20140305,0,3776729.story
• One person died and 7 utility workers were
injured March 4 after a suspected gas-related explosion that destroyed 12 homes
and left the occupants of 55 other units at the South Fork Housing Community in
Ewing Township, New Jersey, temporarily displaced. – KYW 3 Philadelphia
31.
March 5, KYW 3 Philadelphia – (New Jersey) Probe continues into
deadly blast in New Jersey. One person died and 7 utility workers were
injured March 4 after a suspected gas-related explosion that destroyed 12 homes
and left the occupants of 55 other units at the South Fork Housing Community in
Ewing Township temporarily displaced. Officials are investigating the incident,
but believe a utility contractor working at the complex may have struck and
damaged a gas line shortly before the explosion. Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/probe-continues-into-deadly-blast-in-new-jersey/
• Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm fire
that burned 2 buildings of the Corona Village Condominiums complex in Adams County,
Colorado, March 4 and displaced residents of 96 units. – KDVR 31 Denver
32.
March 5, KDVR 31 Denver – (Colorado) 2 injured in 3-alarm condo fire
in Adams County near 88th and Corona. Firefighters responded to a 3-alarm
fire that burned 2 buildings of the Corona Village Condominiums complex in
Adams County March 4. Two contractors working on the property were injured by
the blaze, and the residents of up to 96 units were displaced. Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/flames-engulf-apartment-building-in-thornton-near-88th-and-corona
Financial Services Sector
6.
March 5, Softpedia – (International) Smucker’s shuts down online
store after hackers access payment card data. Ohio-based Smucker’s fruit
spread company shut down its online store after it discovered that attackers
breached the company’s systems and may have obtained customers’ payment card
and personal information. A security researcher also reported that the group
behind the attack also targeted payment processor SecurePay. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Smucker-s-Shuts-Down-Online-Store-After-Hackers-Access-Payment-Card-Data-430522.shtml
7.
March 5, Associated Press – (California) California student arrested
in fraud scheme. A Los Angeles woman was arrested March 4 and charged with
fraud following a 9-month investigation into the defrauding of hundreds of
alleged victims. The woman was found in possession of over 200 payment card
numbers and more than 400 identity profiles. Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/5/california-student-arrested-in-fraud-scheme/
For
another story, see item 28 below
in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
27.
March 5, Help Net Security – (International) New Android devices sold
with pre-installed malware. The founder of Marble Security reported finding
data-stealing malware disguised as Netflix apps pre-installed on several
customers’ new Android devices. Several Samsung, Asus, LG, and Motorola phones
and tablets were found with the pre-installed malware. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2724
28.
March 5, The Register – (International) New design flaw found in
crypto’s TLS: Pretend to be a victim online. Researchers with the French
National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control developed a new
man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against the Transport Level Security (TLS)
protocol that can under certain conditions allow an attacker to intercept a
user’s login credentials and disguise themselves as the user on servers that
accept the same credential. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/05/tls_authentication_broken_again/
29.
March 5, The Register – (International) GNU security library GnuTLS
fails on cert checks: Patch now. An issue in the GnuTLS security library
was identified that could allow any certificate to be accepted as legitimate,
affecting hundreds of applications that use the library. Red Hat and GnuTLS
issued patches for users and advised them to apply the patch promptly. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/05/gnu_security_library_gnutls_fails_on_cert_checks_patch_now/
Communications Sector
30.
March 5, NorthEscambia.com – (Florida) Phone service restored in
Byrnevile after 4 day outage. AT&T customers in Byrneville had landline
service restored March 4 after a water-damaged cable caused a service outage
starting February 27. Source: http://www.northescambia.com/2014/03/phone-service-restored-in-byrneville
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