Monday, May 5, 2014




Complete DHS Report for May 5, 2014

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 • New Jersey authorities charged 12 suspects May 1 on racketeering charges for allegedly running a fraud ring that hired individuals to recruit traffic accident victims as patients, defrauding insurance companies of millions of dollars. – Newark Star-Ledger See item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector

 • More than 1,000 people were stranded underground May 2 after an F-train derailed in New York City, causing injuries to 19 people and suspending rail service indefinitely. – Associated Press

7. May 2, Associated Press – (New York) Four serious injuries in NYC subway derailment.More than 1,000 people were stranded underground May 2 after the Manhattan and Brooklyn-bound F-train derailed in New York City, causing injuries to 19 people and suspending rail service indefinitely. The passengers were eventually
evacuated from the train up to the street level. Source:

 • Police arrested a Waseca, Minnesota teen April 29 for plotting to kill his family before bombing a school and shooting surviving students. Police were tipped off and found chemicals, a pressure-cooker, several guns, and at least 400 rounds of ammunition in a storage unit and in the student’s home. – New York Daily News

17. May 1, New York Daily News – (Minnesota) Minnesota teen made bombs, stockpiled guns in prep for school massacre: police. Police arrested a Minnesota teen April 29 for plotting to kill his entire family before bombing Waseca Junior and Senior High School and shooting surviving students. An individual alerted authorities after seeing the teenager enter a storage unit and police found pyrotechnic chemicals, a pressure-cooker, steel ball bearings, gunpowder, several guns, and at least 400 rounds of ammunition in the storage unit and in the student’s home. Source:

 • Microsoft released an out-of-band security update for its Internet Explorer browser to close a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. – Help Net Security See item 23 below in the Information Technology Sector

Financial Services Sector



6.   May 2, Newark Star-Ledger (New Jersey) NJ authorities charge 12 people in
alleged insurance scam to recruit accident victims as patients. Two brothers from Colts Neck and 10 others were charged May 1 on racketeering charges for allegedly running a fraud ring that hired individuals to recruit traffic accident victims as patients, defrauding insurance companies of millions of dollars.
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Information Technology Sector

22. May 2, Softpedia – (International) XSS vulnerability found in Google Search Appliance. An update for the Google Search Appliance index and search device was released after a security researcher identified and reported a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that is present when the dynamic navigation feature is enabled. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/XSS-Vulnerability-Found-in-Google-Search-Appliance-440335.shtml

23. May 1, Help Net Security – (International) Microsoft updates IE against latest 0-day, updates also XP. Microsoft released an out-of-band security update for its Internet Explorer browser to close a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. The update also covers the recently-discontinued Windows XP operating system. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16786

Communications Sector

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