Monday, June 2, 2014




Complete DHS Report for June 2, 2014

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• America First Credit Union in Utah canceled debit card PINs and reissued debit cards starting May 29 for around 20,000 customers after it became aware of a data breach. – KTVX 4 Salt Lake City See item 3 below in the Financial Services Sector

• The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported that southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Chambersburg were shut down for more than 9 hours May 30 after a semi-truck rolled over, spilling a corrosive chemical. – Chambersburg Public Opinion

6. May 30, Chambersburg Public Opinion – (Pennsylvania) Overturned trailer closes I-81, prompts hazmat cleanup. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported that southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Chambersburg were shut down between exit 14 and exit 10 for more than 9 hours May 30 after a semi-truck rolled over, spilling a corrosive chemical that had to be cleaned up by HAZMAT before the highway was reopened. Source: http://www.publicopiniononline.com/local/ci_25864240/overturned-trailer-shuts-down-i-81-southbound

 • An evacuation order remained in effect May 30 for about 300-350 people following a May 29 fire that destroyed an East Texas Ag Supply warehouse in Athens, Texas. – KXAS 5 Fort Worth; Associated Press

9. May 30, KXAS 5 Fort Worth; Associated Press – (Texas) Hundreds evacuated after fire at fertilizer storage facility. An evacuation order remained in effect May 30 for about 300-350 people who reside within a 5-block radius of the East Texas Ag Supply fertilizer storage facility in Athens, Texas, following a May 29 fire that destroyed the warehouse. No explosions or injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, and officials will test air quality before residents can return home. Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Large-Fire-at-Fertilizer-Storage-Facility-in-Athens-261174271.html

  • iSight Partners researchers released a report stating that attackers from Iran created a cyberespionage campaign targeting government officials, diplomats, the U.S. military, and Washington, D.C. journalists by creating fake online personas. – Threatpost

15. May 29, Threatpost – (International) Iranian campaign snooped on U.S. officials. iSight Partners researchers released a report stating that attackers from Iran created and ran a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign since at least 2011 targeting government officials, diplomats, U.S. military members, and Washington, D.C. journalists by creating fake online personas as reporters, defense contractors, and politicians. The attackers were allegedly able to access systems and gather information as well as email and network logins. Source: http://threatpost.com/iranian-campaign-snooped-on-u-s-officials

Financial Services Sector

3. May 29, KTVX 4 Salt Lake City – (Utah) America First Credit Union finds a breach in accounts that affects thousands. America First Credit Union in Utah canceled debit card PINs and reissued debit cards starting May 29 for around 20,000 customers after it became aware of a data breach that occurred between October 2013 and February 2014. Source: http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/america-first-credit-union-finds-a-breach-in-accou/50239/gdD6BQR9hUmGyHqjfMcQBw

4. May 29, Chicago Tribune – (Illinois) FBI: ‘Two-Timer Bandit’ strikes again. The FBI reported that a man who robbed a Charter One Bank branch in Chicago May 27 is believed to be a suspect known as the “Two-Timer Bandit” responsible for at least two other bank robberies and an attempted bank robbery in the Far West Side area of the city. The suspect was reported to have an accomplice in the robberies. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-fbi-twotimer-bandit-strikes-again-20140528,0,3138649.story

5. May 29, WATE 6 Knoxville – (Tennessee) Knoxville hotel owner faces federal fraud charges. A former Knoxville hotel owner was charged May 29 for allegedly using false tax return information to obtain $5.8 million in loans from First Community Bank of East Tennessee. Source: http://www.wate.com/story/25647706/knoxville-hotel-owner-faces-federal-fraud-charges

Information Technology Sector

19. May 30, IDG News Service – (International) New attack methods can ‘brick’ systems, defeat Secure Boot, researchers say. A security researcher at Mitre demonstrated at the Hack in the Box 2014 conference that the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)’s Secure Boot mechanism can be bypassed on around half of computers in order to install bootkits. The researcher also demonstrated that a specific UEFI variable could be modified directly from the computer’s operating system to make the system unusable. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248699/New_attack_methods_can_39_brick_39_systems_defeat_Secure_Boot_researchers_say

20. May 30, Help Net Security – (International) Malware creation breaks all records! 160,000 new samples every day. Panda Security reported that new malware creation occurred at record rates during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, with more than 15 million new samples observed during Q1. The researchers found that trojans made up 71.85 percent of new samples, and that some of the largest data thefts ever occurred during Q1, among other findings. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2776

Communications Sector

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