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Top Stories
• A May 12 burglary by three suspects at the
Peabody Energy-owned Empire Energy coal mine in Craig, Colorado, caused about
$500,000 to $1 million in damage. – Craig Daily Press
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June 21, Craig Daily Press – (Colorado) Theft at Empire Energy coal
mine likely will cost Peabody Energy more than $500,000. A May 12 burglary
at the Peabody Energy-owned Empire Energy coal mine in Craig, Colorado, caused
about $500,000 to $1 million in damage. Three suspects were taken into custody
and charged by the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office. Source: http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2014/jun/21/theft-empire-energy-coal-mine-will-cost-peabody-en/
• Authorities investigated an Amtrak train
carrying 180 passengers traveling from Washington D.C. to Boston, that struck a
vehicle in Mansfield, Massachusetts, causing it to partially derail and kill
all three passengers in the vehicle June 23. – WHDH 7 Boston
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June 23, WHDH 7 Boston – (Massachusetts) 3 dead after Amtrak train
hits car and derails in Mansfield. Authorities are investigating how an
Amtrak train carrying 180 passengers traveling from Washington D.C. to Boston
struck a vehicle in Mansfield, Massachusetts, causing it to partially derail
and kill all three passengers in the vehicle June 23. Authorities said it would
take several hours to remove the train and repair the tracks, while the
stranded passengers were rerouted. Source: http://www.whdh.com/story/25842346/amtrak-train-hits-car-and-derails-in-mansfield
• One person was killed and 7 others were
injured June 20 when a semi-truck crashed into Simeon’s restaurant in Ithaca,
New York, causing part of the building, which also houses apartments, to
collapse. – Ithaca Journal
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June 21, Ithaca Journal – (New York) 1 killed, 7 hurt after
tractor-trailer crashes into restaurant. One person was killed and 7 others
were injured June 20 when a semi-truck crashed into Simeon’s restaurant in
Ithaca, causing part of the building, which also houses apartments, to
collapse. Authorities evacuated two blocks surrounding the incident while
engineers inspected the structure. Source: http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/21/tractor-trailer-hits-simeons-restaurant-ithaca-ny/11219293/
• At least 12 people were injured June 20 when
concrete gave way on an anchor supporting a rope-climbing net at the Teen Missions
International camp in Merritt Island, Florida, causing individuals to fall up
to 25 feet. – Brevard County Reporter
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June 20, Brevard County Reporter – (Florida) 12 hurt at Merritt
Island teen camp as climbing net collapses. At least 12 people were injured
June 20 when concrete gave way on an anchor supporting a rope-climbing net at
the Teen Missions International camp in Merritt Island, causing individuals to
fall up to 25 feet. Source: http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/6/20/rope_collapse_brevard.html
Financial Services Sector
6. June 23, Softpedia – (International)
188 websites shut down for selling counterfeit products. Law enforcement
agencies from the U.S. and Europe shut down a large number of domains created
to sell counterfeit merchandise due to the risk they represented to customers’
financial information as well as for engaging in the sale of counterfeit items.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/188-Websites-Shut-Down-For-Selling-Counterfeit-Products-447972.shtml
Information Technology Sector
22. June 23, SC Magazine – (International) 300,000
servers still vulnerable to Heartbleed bug. The CEO of Errata Security
reported that a scan of port 443 June 22 showed 309,197 servers that are still
vulnerable to the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL due to not being patched
over 2 months after the vulnerability was revealed. Source: http://www.scmagazineuk.com/300000-servers-still-vulnerable-to-heartbleed-bug/article/357206/
23. June 23, IDG News Service – (International) Ad
network compromise led to rogue page redirects on Reuters site. Hacktivists
associated with the Syrian Electronic Army redirected users who accessed
certain stories on the Reuters Web sites to a Web page controlled by the group
for about 1 hour June 22 by compromising an ad feed run by Taboola. Taboola
stated that the attackers were able to compromise one of its widgets used on
the Reuters site. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2366501/ad-network-compromise-led-to-rogue-page-redirects-on-reuters-site.html
24. June 23, Infosecurity Magazine – (International) Online
daters targeted by massive phishing campaign. Researchers at Netcraft
identified a large phishing campaign targeting users of several online dating
Web sites. The campaign is likely intended to takeover users’ profiles for use
in fraud schemes. Source: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/38975/online-daters-targeted-by-massive-phishing-campaign/
25. June 20, Softpedia – (International) Com Spammers
behind Pinterest spam attack. A cybercriminal group known as the Com
Spammers was believed to be behind a recent spam attack on Pinterest that
attempts to lure users to fake diet pill Web sites. The attacks are similar to
recent spam attacks on compromised Tumblr blogs. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Com-Spammers-Behind-Pinterest-Spam-Attack-447769.shtml
26. June 20, SC Magazine – (International) 2012 RCE bug
is still highly exploited in targeted attacks, Trend Micro finds. Trend
Micro found that a remote code execution vulnerability disclosed in April 2012
affecting Windows common controls was still the most commonly exploited
vulnerability in the second half of 2013. The vulnerability was patched over 2
years ago and affects a variety of products, including Microsoft Office.
Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/2012-rce-bug-is-still-highly-exploited-in-targeted-attacks-trend-micro-finds/article/357004/
For another story see Item 6 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
27.
June 20, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – (Missouri) Ameren outage takes
KDNL, KWMU off the air. An outage at a broadcast tower June 20 caused KDNL 30
St. Louis and KWMU 90.7 FM St. Louis to be off air for about 2 hours June 20
until the tower could be repaired. Source: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/ameren-outage-takes-kdnl-kwmu-off-the-air/article_00347c41-5f23-5cf6-878e-d33469232e61.html