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.
scheme_to_recruit_accident_victims_as_patients.html
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
Nothing
to report