Complete DHS Report for June 30, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• The Destin gas pipeline system was shut down following a June 28
fire at an Enterprise Products Partners LP plant in Pascagoula, Mississippi
forcing at least two offshore gas platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to halt
operations. – Reuters
1. June 28,
Reuters – (National) Fire at Mississippi gas plant halts two U.S. Gulf
Coast platforms. The Destin gas pipeline system was shut down following a
June 28 fire at an Enterprise Products Partners LP plant in Pascagoula,
Mississippi. The pipeline’s closure forced at least two offshore gas platforms
in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to halt operations until the pipeline resumes
production.
• Toyota Motor Corp., issued a recall June 29 for 3.37 million of
its vehicles worldwide due to faulty fuel-emissions control canisters and
Autoliv Inc.-supplied curtain air bag inflators. – Bloomberg News
4. June 29,
Bloomberg News – (International) Toyota recalls 3.4 million cars over air
bags, fuel tanks. Toyota Motor Corp., issued a recall June 29 for a total
of 3.37 million of its vehicles worldwide including 2.87 million of its model
years 2006 – 2015 Prius hybrid and Corolla vehicles due to faulty
fuel-emissions control canisters that can crack and cause leaks when the
vehicles have full gas tanks. The recall also includes 1.43 million of its
model years 2008 – 2012 Prius hybrid and Lexus CT vehicles due to faulty
Autoliv Inc.-supplied curtain air bag inflators that may partially inflate in
parked vehicles and injure occupants. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-29/toyota-recalls-more-than-4-million-cars-on-air-bags-fuel-tanks
• Three crew members are presumed dead and another is injured
after two BNSF Railway freight trains collided in the Texas Panhandle June 28
causing several cars to erupt in flames and prompting officials to evacuate
nearby residents. – Associated Press
6. June 29,
Associated Press – (Texas) Authorities: 3 train workers in Texas wreck presumed
dead. Three crew members are presumed dead and another is injured after two
BNSF Railway freight trains collided 25 miles northeast of Amarillo June 28,
causing several cars to erupt in flames and prompting officials to evacuate
nearby residents. In response to the head on crash BNSF officials pledged to
adopt technology called positive train control (PTC) that uses GPS, wireless
radio, and computers to monitor train positions to automatically slow or stop
trains in danger of colliding or derailing. Source: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crews-fighting-blaze-at-train-collision-site-with-3-missing/ar-AAhJaBR
• California fire crews continued June 28 to battle 9 wildfires
burning across the State which have collectively scorched more than 71,010
acres of land. – Banning-Beaumont Patch
14. June 28,
Banning-Beaumont Patch – (California) California wildfire update:
Tuesday, June 28. California fire crews continued June 28 to battle 9
wildfires burning across the State which have collectively scorched more than
71,010 acres of land.
Financial Services Sector
Nothing
to report
Information Technology Sector
16. June 29,
Softpedia – (International) Symantec products affected by multiple “as
bad as it gets” vulnerabilities. A security researcher from Google’s
Project Zero initiative discovered several vulnerabilities in Symantec’s
security products including buffer overflow flaws, memory corruption flaws, and
a high-severity flaw that does not require user interaction, affects default
configuration, and allows the software to run on the highest privilege levels
possible due to a vulnerable code in ASPack. Attackers could exploit the vulnerabilities
by sending an email with a malicious file or embed a malicious link inside the
email, among other methods. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/symantec-products-affected-by-multiple-as-bad-as-it-gets-vulnerabilities-505786.shtml
17. June 28,
Softpedia – (International) Alpine Linux 3.4.1 released with Linux Kernel
4.4.14 LTS, latest security fixes. Alpine Linux project released its Alpine
Linux 3.4.1 operating system (OS) which included security updates in its kernel
packages and in its core components, as well as other improvements to several
other applications within its systems. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/alpine-linux-3-4-1-released-with-linux-kernel-4-4-14-lts-latest-security-fixes-505766.shtml
18. June 28,
Softpedia – (International) LevelDropper Android app infected with
autorooting malware. Lookout researchers identified the LevelDropper app in
the Google Play Store which hides malware capable of rooting the user’s device
in order to install unwanted applications. Researchers also found two privilege
escalation exploits and supporting package files such as busybox and SuperSU,
which also have the ability to root the device. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/leveldropper-android-app-infected-with-autorooting-malware-505727.shtml
Communications Sector
Nothing to report