Complete DHS Report for
September 16, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• New York officials
conducted an inspection September 14 on rail cars and tracks across the State
and found 95 defects. – Albany Times Union
8. September
14, Albany Times Union – (New York) Inspectors find four ‘critical’
safety defects on CSX tracks. New York Department of Transportation and the
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration conducted an inspection September 14 on
rail cars and tracks across the State and found 95 defects, 4 of which were
considered critical including damaged hazardous materials placards, thin brake
shoes, and inoperative lights, among other findings. Railroads were given 30
days to repair noncritical defects. Source: http://blog.timesunion.com/business/inspectors-find-four-critical-safety-defects-on-csx-tracks/68925/
• Classes were cancelled September 15 at Delta
State University in Mississippi after a teacher shot and killed his live-in
girlfriend September 14 and then shot and killed another teacher at the
university’s Cleveland campus before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound.– Jackson Clarion-Ledger; USA Today
13. September
15, Jackson Clarion-Ledger; USA Today – (Mississippi) Police: Delta
State killer turned gun on himself. Classes were cancelled September 15 at
Delta State University in Mississippi after a teacher shot and killed his
live-in girlfriend in Gautier September 14 and then shot and killed another teacher at
the university’s Cleveland campus before apparently dying from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound when he was confronted by police. The university was placed on
lockdown and students were dismissed while police pursued the teacher. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/14/mississippi-shooter-delta-state-university/72255856/
• Two high school
students in Houston, Texas, were killed and 2 others were hurt along with the
bus driver September 15 after their school bus was involved in an accident. – Houston
Chronicle
14. September
15, Houston Chronicle – (Texas) 2 students dead, 2 others and bus
driver injured as school bus plummets from 610 loop in Houston. Two Furr
High School students were killed and 2 others were hurt along with the bus
driver September 15 after their school bus reportedly overcorrected when it was
struck by another vehicle and careened from the overpass, plunging from the 640
Loop in southeast Houston. Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-bus-crash-along-south-loop/ar-AAejauv
• Security researchers discovered attacks
across multiple industries and government agencies on 3 continents in which
Cisco 1841, 2811, and 3825 routers were implanted with the SYNful Knock
malware. – Reuters See item 21 below in the Information
Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
4. September
15, Denver Post – (Colorado) FirstBank warns customers some local ATMs had
illegal “skimmers.” FirstBank notified an undetermined number of customers
that their accounts may have been breached after the bank found skimming devices on ATMs inside
grocery stores at University Blvd in Englewood, E. Ninth Avenue in Denver, and
30th Street in Boulder. The bank has issued new cards to users and older cards
will no longer work starting September 15.Source: http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28811727/firstbank-warns-customers-some-local-atms-had-illegal
5. September
14, Reuters – (National) U.S. charges two more in multimillion-dollar text
message fraud. Two men were charged on September 14 for allegedly helping a
“cramming” scheme which involved charging thousands of unsuspecting mobile
phone users $9.99 a month for unsolicited texts from 2011 - 2013 by using their
positions as mobile aggregator executives to continue and protect the scheme.
Six other suspects were previously charged in connection to the scheme. Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/14/usa-crime-textmessaging-idUSL1N11K1YX20150914
Information Technology Sector
19. September
15, Help Net Security – (International) The rise of repeated “low
and slow” DDoS attacks. Neustar released research findings revealing an
increase in small, repeated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from
2014 to early 2015, with 54 percent of companies surveyed being hit by at least
6 attacks. Research also found that the duration of DDoS attacks is increasing,
with 10 percent of attacks lasting about a week, among other findings. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=18853
20. September
15, Securityweek – (International) Popular mobile travel apps have critical
security issues: Report. Bluebox Security released report findings
revealing that the top ten most popular mobile travel applications contain
critical flaws, including failures to encrypt sensitive data stored on mobile
devices, a lack of certificate pinning which leaves users vulnerable to
man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, and a lack of anti-tampering measures, among
other findings. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/popular-mobile-travel-apps-have-critical-security-issues-report
21. September
15, Reuters – (International) Cisco router break-ins bypass cyber defenses.
Security researchers from FireEye discovered attacks in August across
multiple industries and government agencies on three continents in which Cisco
1841, 2811, and 3825 routers were implanted with the sophisticated SYNful Knock
malware, which can duplicate normal router functions and jump from router to
router using device syndication functions. Researchers believe attackers
accessed the devices by stealing valid network administration credentials or by
gaining direct physical access.Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/us-cybersecurity-routers-cisco-systems-idUSKCN0RF0N420150915
22. September
14, Securityweek – (International) TLS communications exposed to KCI attacks:
Researchers. Security researchers from Research Industrial Systems
Engineering revealed that a flaw in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol
could be leveraged to execute a Key Compromise Impersonation (KCI) attack,
allowing a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker to take over client-side code
running on a victim’s browser, intercept communications, arbitrarily replace
Web site content, and perform actions on the victim’s behalf. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/tls-communications-exposed-kci-attacks-researchers
Communications Sector
23. September
14, WOWK 13 Huntington – (West Virginia) Copper theft impacts
hundreds of Frontier customers. A Frontier Communication official reported
that approximately 600 customers in Kanawha County, West Virginia, were left
without Internet and phone service September 14 following a September 7
incident in which thousands of copper cables were stolen and fiber cables cut.
An investigation is ongoing to find the culprit. Source: http://www.wowktv.com/story/30028859/copper-theft-impacts-hundreds-of-frontier-customers
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