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· A 4-alarm
fire that broke out October 4 inside the B.D. Classic Enterprises epoxy coating
manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs, California, sparked a series of
explosions and spread to a paint company and machine shop, destroying all three
businesses. – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
3.
October 5, San Gabriel Valley Tribune –
(California) Raging fire tears through three Santa Fe Springs businesses. A
4-alarm fire that broke out October 4 inside the B.D. Classic Enterprises epoxy
coating manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs sparked a series of
explosions and spread to a paint company and machine shop, destroying all three
businesses comprised of five buildings. HAZMAT crews monitored potential
hazards created by flammable chemicals held in all three businesses, and later
reported that no chemicals were detected at dangerous levels in the air or
water at the scene. Source: http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20141004/raging-fire-tears-through-three-santa-fe-springs-businesses
· Cleanup
continued October 6 in New Orleans after a train conductor and an engineer
suffered injuries when a freight train hit a truck October 5, causing 2 engines
and 17 cars to derail and prompting the evacuation of about 50 homes. – Associated
Press
9.
October 6, Associated Press –
(Louisiana) Cleanup continues after train derailment in Louisiana. Cleanup
work continued October 6 in New Orleans after a train conductor and an engineer
suffered injuries when a Union Pacific Railroad Co., freight train hit a truck
October 5, causing the derailment of 2 engines and 17 cars and prompting the
evacuation of about 50 homes for 2 hours due to concerns of that a tank car
filled with pressurized argon gas might explode. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/06/2-injured-when-train-derails-in-louisiana/
· Sam Kane Beef
Processors issued a recall for about 90,987 pounds of its ground beef products
that were shipped to retailers in Texas due to the possibility that they may be
contaminated with metal fragments. – U.S. Department of Agriculture
16.
October 4, U.S. Department of Agriculture –
(Texas) Texas firm recalls ground beef product due to possible foreign
matter contamination. The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced
October 4 that Sam Kane Beef Processors issued a recall for about 90,987 pounds
of its ground beef products that were shipped to retailers in Texas due to the
possibility that they may be contaminated with foreign metal fragments. The
recall was issued after the company received four separate consumer complaints
involving the products, including one customer who reported a chipped tooth.
Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-066-2014-release
· Building 10
at the Tramor at the Hills Apartments complex in northwest Austin, Texas, was
declared a total loss and 18 residents were displaced following an October 4
fire that caused an estimated $2 million in damage. – KXAN 36 Austin
36.
October 6, KXAN 36 Austin – (Texas) $2
million fire destroys Northwest Austin
apartments. Building 10 at the
Tramor at the Hills Apartments complex in northwest Austin was declared a total
loss and 18 residents were displaced following an October 4 fire that caused an
estimated $2 million in damage. Source: http://kxan.com/2014/10/04/2-alarm-fire-destroys-aparment-leaves-18-homeless/
Financial Services Sector
7. October 3, Associated Press – (National) California man pleads guilty in nationwide
auto loan scam before Pittsburgh federal judge. A Hercules, California man
pleaded guilty October 3 to his role in a nationwide vehicle loan fraud scheme
that cost financial institutions between $1 million and $2.4 million. The scheme
was first discovered in Erie, Pennsylvania, by the U.S. Secret Service and
prosecutors stated that others would be charged in the scheme that used 64 fake
borrowers to attempt 150 fraudulent loans. Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/10/03/california-man-pleads-guilty-in-nationwide-auto-loan-scam-before-pittsburgh/
8. October 3, Seattle Times – (Washington) ‘Rent Money Bandit’ has hit 3 King County
banks in 3 months. The FBI stated that a suspect known as the “Rent Money
Bandit” is responsible for at least three bank robberies in King County, with
the most recent taking place at a Chase Bank branch in Bellevue October 2. All
three of the suspect’s robberies have occurred near the beginning of a month,
with the first taking place August 4. Source: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/10/rent-money-bandit-has-hit-3-king-county-banks-in-3-months/
Information Technology Sector
31. October 6, Softpedia – (International) Yahoo, WinZip servers compromised
through Shellshock vulnerability. A security researcher with Future South
Technologies identified and reported Yahoo, WinZip, and Lycos servers that were
compromised by attackers exploiting the Shellshock vulnerability to run a
malicious Perl script to scan for potential targets. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Yahoo-WinZip-Servers-Compromised-Through-Shellshock-Vulnerability-461164.shtml
32. October 6, Securityweek – (International) Apple updates XProtect security
feature to block iWorm malware. Apple updated its XProtect security feature
to enable it to block the iWorm malware that infected over 18,500 systems
running the OS X operating system. The malware can collect information on
infected systems, download additional files, execute instructions, and take
other actions. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/apple-updates-xprotect-security-feature-block-iworm-malware
33. October 4, Softpedia – (International) Twitch bombers deliver malware and
PUPs. Researchers with Malwarebytes found the Trojan.Crypt malware and a
potentially unwanted program (PUP) associated with a pay-per-install scheme
disguised as ‘raiding’ (also known as ‘bombing’) utilities used to redirect
users of the Twitch streaming service. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twitch-Bombers-Deliver-Malware-And-PUPs-461012.shtml
Communications Sector
34.
October 4, Peninsula Daily News –
(Washington) Internet, cellphone outage hits Forks, West End of Clallam
County Authorities are investigating the cause of an outage that disrupted
Internet and cellphone service for the West End of Clallam County for 10 hours
October 3-4. Source: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20141004/NEWS/310049971/internet-cellphone-outage-hits-forks-west-end-of-clallam-county
35.
October 3, WHIO 7 Dayton – (Ohio) Time
Warner technical issues resolved. Time Warner Cable addressed and resolved
technical issues that caused a disruption for WHIO 7 Dayton’s signal for
customers for more than 13 hours October 3. Source: http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/time-warner-technical-issues-affecting-whio-signal/nhbX5/
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