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· Four doctors,
an attorney, and several clinic employees were among the 11 allegedly involved
in handing out prescription drugs for cash throughout clinics across several
Indiana counties. – WTHR 13 Indianapolis
18. July 28, WTHR 13 Indianapolis – (Indiana) DEA serves search warrants at several
Indiana clinics. Four doctors, an attorney, and several clinic employees
were among the 11 allegedly involved in handing out prescription drugs for cash
throughout clinics across several Indiana counties. The illegal drug operation
was reportedly based in an office in Carmel and included four other sites where
patients would receive prescriptions without any exams in exchange for cash.
Source: http://www.wthr.com/story/26112815/2014/07/25/dea-serves-search-warrants-at-several-indiana-clinics
· Crews reached
59 percent containment July 27 of the 250,514-acre Carlton Complex Fire which
has destroyed an estimated 300 homes in Washington, and firefighters also
reached 25 percent containment of the Chiwaukum Complex Fire in Chelan County,
Washington, which has burned 12,320 acres. – KCPQ 13 Tacoma
19.
July 27, KCPQ 13 Tacoma – (Washington)
Carlton Complex fire burns 391 square miles, hundreds of homes. Crews
reached 59 percent containment July 27 of the 250,514-acre Carlton Complex Fire
which has destroyed an estimated 300 homes in north-central Washington.
Firefighters also reached 25 percent containment of the Chiwaukum Complex Fire
in Chelan County which has burned 12,320 acres. Source: http://q13fox.com/2014/07/26/300-homes-lost-in-carlton-complex-fire-now-59-contained-interactive-map/
· A man from
England was indicted July 24 for offenses that enabled him to access sensitive
information belonging to more than 100,000 federal government employees by
breaching the systems of several U.S. government entities. – Softpedia
20.
July 27, Softpedia – (International) Englishman
indicted for stealing thousands of U.S. government employee records. A man
from England was indicted July 24 in the Eastern District of Virginia for
offenses that enabled him to access sensitive information belonging to more
than 100,000 federal government employees by breaching the systems of the U.S.
Department of Energy, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, FBI’s Regional Computer
Forensics Laboratory, and Deltek, Inc., among several others. The man was able
to exploit a security vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion gaining
administrator-level access to the networks using custom file managers. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Englishman-Indicted-for-Stealing-Thousands-of-US-Government-Employee-Records-452280.shtml
· One person
was killed and at least 13 others were injured July 27 when a lightning bolt
struck the water and beach at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. – CNN
31. July 28, CNN – (California) One dead, 13 injured after lightning
strikes at Southern California beach. One person was killed and at least 13
others were injured July 27 when a lightning bolt struck the water and beach at
Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Lightning also struck near a golf course on
Catalina Island, injuring one individual. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/us-usa-lightning-idUSKBN0FW0TJ20140728
Financial Services Sector
6. July
25, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (National) Citigroup
business unit charged with failing to protect confidential subscriber data
while operating alternative trading system. New York-based LavaFlow Inc.,
agreed July 25 to pay $5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission charges that the Citigroup business unit failed to safeguard the
confidential trading data of its subscribers when it allowed an affiliate to
access the LavaFlow-operated alternative trading system (ATS). Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370542371114#.U9Zy6fldVKI
For another story, see item 20 above
in Top Stories
Information Technology Sector
24. July 28, Softpedia – (International) XSS flaw fixed in Barracuda Spam and
Virus Firewall. Vulnerability Laboratory researchers discovered a
non-persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Barracuda Spam
and Virus Firewall web application affecting versions 5.1.3 and earlier that
allowed a potential attacker to hijack session information or execute a
non-persistent code. The vulnerability was patched July 15 after researchers
notified the developer. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/XSS-Flaw-Fixed-in-Barracuda-Spam-and-Virus-Firewall-452377.shtml
25. July 26, Softpedia – (International) Remotely exploitable flaws fixed in
Siemens SCADA system. Siemens patched 5 vulnerabilities discovered in its
SIMATIC industrial automation system, four of them presenting remote
exploitation risk, after an advisory by the Industrial Control Systems Cyber
Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) which explained that the flaws resided in
the SIMATIC WinCC product which is a supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA) system. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Remotely-Exploitable-Flaws-Fixed-in-Siemens-SCADA-System-452219.shtml
26. July 25, Softpedia – (International) XML-RPC abused in brute-force attacks
against WordPress sites. Sucuri researchers found new brute-force attacks
delivered against WordPress Web sites leverage the XML-RPC protocol and the
wp.getUersBlogs function have increased since July 4 with 2 million attempts
originating from 17,000 different IP addresses. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/XML-RPC-Abused-In-Brute-Force-Attacks-Against-WordPress-Sites-452143.shtml
For another story, see item 20 above
in Top Stories
Communications Sector
27.
July 27, Juneau Empire – (Alaska) ACS
restores service to southeast customers. Internet and cell phone service
was restored July 26 to Alaska Communications customers in southeast Alaska
after an underwater fiber optic cable was severed due to an earthquake July 25.
Other network carriers were able to provide service to customers while crews
continued work to repair the cable. AT&T cell service was also down due to
the damaged cable that hindered service for several hours. Source: http://juneauempire.com/local/2014-07-25/acs-restores-service-southeast-customers
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