Wednesday, April 27, 2016



Complete DHS Report for April 27, 2016

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Top Stories

• A Miami woman was arrested April 23 at Miami International Airport after an inspection of her suitcase revealed 371 counterfeit credit cards. – WPLG 10 Miami See item 5 below in the Financial Services Sector

• A 62-mile stretch of Interstate 10 eastbound in southeastern Arizona was closed for 2 hours April 25 following a dust storm and collision involving 3 vehicles. – Eastern Arizona Courier; Arizona Range News

9. April 25, Eastern Arizona Courier; Arizona Range News – (Arizona) I-10 crash, dust storm forces traffic through Safford. A 62-mile stretch of Interstate 10 eastbound between U.S. Highway 191 in southeastern Arizona and Lordsburg, New Mexico, was closed for 2 hours April 25 following a dust storm and collision involving three vehicles. Source: http://www.eacourier.com/news/i--crash-dust-storm-forces-traffic-through-safford/article_cea99fda-0b51-11e6-864e-67dd519ac922.html

• Sixty people were evacuated and eight sanitation workers were sent to area hospitals April 23 following an ammonia leak at the Tyson Foods, Inc., poultry plant in Hope, Arkansas. – KSLA 12 Shreveport

12. April 24, KSLA 12 Shreveport – (Arkansas) Ammonia leak at Tyson poultry plant sends 8 to hospitals, evacuates 60. Sixty people were evacuated and eight sanitation workers were sent to area hospitals April 23 following an ammonia leak at the Tyson Foods, Inc., poultry plant in Hope, Arkansas. Officials reported that the leak was contained and the cause of the leak is under investigation. Source: http://www.wlox.com/story/31802269/ammonia-leak-at-tyson-poultry-plant-sends-8-to-hospitals-evacuates-60

• Tennessee American Water officials announced that a new $18 million dewatering system was activated April 25 in Chattanooga, which will help cut sludge effluents sent to the Moccasin Bend Sewage Treatment plant by 95 percent. – Chattanooga Times Free Press (See item 14)

14. April 26, Chattanooga Times Free Press – (Tennessee) Chattanooga’s water utility completes $18 million dewatering facility to limit sludge. American Water Co., the parent company of Tennessee American Water, announced that a new $18 million dewatering system was activated April 25 in Chattanooga, which will help cut sludge effluents sent to the Moccasin Bend Sewage Treatment plant by 95 percent. Source: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2016/apr/26/liquid-investments-water-utility-invests-dewa/362195/
  
Financial Services Sector

5. April 25, WPLG 10 Miami – (Florida) Miami woman had 371 counterfeit credit cards in luggage, police say. A Miami woman was arrested April 23 at Miami International Airport after authorities noticed suspicious masses in her luggage during a security checkpoint screening, prompting a secondary hand inspection of her suitcase which revealed 371 counterfeit credit cards. A subsequent search revealed two additional fraudulent credit cards in the woman’s wallet. Source: http://www.local10.com/news/miami-woman-had-371-counterfeit-credit-cards-in-luggage-police-say

Information Technology Sector

20. April 26, Softpedia – (International) Facebook bug allowed attackers to take over accounts on other sites. Facebook patched a flaw in its account registration process after security researchers from Bitdefender discovered the flaw could allow attackers to take over users’ profiles on Web sites where the Facebook Social Login feature was available by adding an attacker’s email address as a secondary address, enabling the attacker to verify the profile and make modifications to the account information. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/facebook-bug-allowed-attackers-to-take-over-accounts-on-other-sites-503428.shtml

21. April 25, SecurityWeek – (International) Malicious insiders could tap ransomware-as-a-service for profit. Security researchers from Imperva revealed that the ransom-as-a-service (RaaS) model could be leveraged by malicious attackers to exploit the organization’s unstructured data, locate sensitive data, and encrypt the company’s most valuable information after discovering that authors and distributors of the malware use anonymous Bitcoin addresses and the Tor network to ensure they receive their ransom money and stay undetected from law enforcement agencies.

Communications Sector

See item 18 below from the Emergency Services Sector

18. April 25, KLTV 7 Tyler – (Texas) Van Zandt Co making backup plans after 911 blackout. Van Zandt County authorities announced April 25 that severed optic lines caused 9-1-1 service to go down for 10 hours April 23. The severed lines also cut Internet, landline, and cellular service for AT&T customers in the county. Source: http://www.kxxv.com/story/31812513/van-zandt-co-making-backup-plans-after-911-blackout