Tuesday, December 29, 2015



Complete DHS Report for December 29, 2015

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• Severe storms traveling across 7 States December 24 December 28 left approximately 60,000 homes and businesses without power, caused 1,500 flight cancellations, and killed at least 43 people, among other disasters. – Reuters

3. December 28, Reuters – (National) Christmas time storms, tornadoes kill at least 43 in U.S. Severe storms traveling across 7 States prompted the governor of Oklahoma and the governor of New Mexico to declare a state of emergency, left approximately 60,000 homes and businesses without power, killed at least 43 people, caused about 1,500 flight cancellations, and closed more than 180 Missouri roads and bridges from December 24 December 28. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-holiday-idUSKBN0U90DX20151228

• Officials reported that heavy rains caused approximately 90,000 gallons of sewage to spill into Crabtree Creek in Raleigh December 23. – WNCN 17 Goldsboro

8. December 24, WNCN 17 Goldsboro – (North Carolina) 89,000 gallons of sewage overflows in Raleigh during heavy rains, officials say. Officials reported that heavy rains caused approximately 90,000 gallons of sewage to spill into Crabtree Creek in Raleigh December 23. The spill was contained December 24. Source: http://wncn.com/2015/12/24/89000-gallons-of-sewage-overflows-in-raleigh-during-heavy-rains-officials-say/

• The Russian River Health Center in Sonoma County was deemed temporarily unusable following a December 26 fire that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. – San Francisco Chronicle

9. December 26, San Francisco Chronicle – (California) Fire shuts down Guerneville’s Russian River Health Center. The Russian River Health Center in Sonoma County was deemed temporarily unusable following a December 26 fire that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire. Source: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fire-shuts-down-Guerneville-s-Russian-River-6722005.php

• Symantec reported that hackers have been averaging about 16,000 daily attack attempts to exploit a Joomla vulnerability and install a backdoor malware that allows attackers to execute commands, redirect victims to exploit kits (EK), and modify Web sites, among other malicious actions. – SecurityWeek See item 13 below in the Information Technology Sector

Financial Services Sector

Nothing to report

Information Technology Sector

13. December 28, SecurityWeek – (International) Vulnerable Joomla Servers see 16,000 daily attacks. Researchers from Symantec reported that hackers have been averaging about 16,000 daily attack attempts to exploit a previously patched Joomla vulnerability by finding vulnerable servers via sending Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and analyzing responses when functions such as phpinfo() and eval(chr()) are executed. Once an attacker discovers a vulnerable server, a backdoor can be installed to execute commands, redirect victims to exploit kits (EK), upload and download files, and modify Web sites hosted on the server. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/vulnerable-joomla-servers-see-16000-daily-attacks

Communications Sector

Nothing to report