Friday, December 21, 2012
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Up to 40,000 residences in north Texas were
without power due to strong winds, which also knocked out traffic lights and
caused an outage at Dallas Executive Airport. – Dallas Morning News
1.
December 20, Dallas Morning News –
(Texas) Overnight windstorm closes Chinese Lantern Festival, Sixth Floor
Museum. Up to 40,000 residences in north Texas were without power due to
strong winds, which also knocked out traffic lights and caused an outage at
Dallas Executive Airport. Source: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/up-to-40000-without-power-across-dallas-area-after-high-winds-overnight.html/
• A massive vehicle pileup on the Long Island
Expressway resulted in a number of injuries and one death. – New York Daily
News
9.
December 20, New York Daily News –
(New York) Long Island Expressway reopens in both directions following fiery
35-vehicle pileup in Shirley that left one dead and 33 injured. A massive
vehicle pileup on the Long Island Expressway resulted in a number of injuries
and one death. Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lie-reopens-directions-35-vehicle-pileup-article-1.1224223?localLinksEnabled=false
• There were winter weather advisories across
many States, while a major Midwest snowstorm caused three deaths, closed
schools, congested highways, and impacted flights. – USA Today
11.
December 20, USA Today – (National) Holiday
season brings first major storm to Midwest. There were winter weather
advisories across many States, while a major Midwest snowstorm caused three
deaths, closed schools, congested highways, and impacted flights. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2012/12/20/midwest-snowstorm-blizzard/1781637/
• Fifteen FedEx employees working within the
company’s process hub in Memphis, Tennessee, have been accused of stealing or
destroying numerous items and thousands of dollars from mail and other
packages. – WMC-TV 5 Memphis
15.
December 19, WMC-TV 5 Memphis –
(Tennessee) 15 former FedEx employees indicted on mail theft charges. Fifteen
FedEx employees working within the company’s process hub in Memphis, Tennessee,
have been accused of stealing or destroying numerous items and thousands of
dollars from mail and other packages. Source: http://www.kait8.com/story/20386140/15-former-fedex-employees-indicted-for-stealing-mail
• Representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Massachusetts fire marshal
investigated a fire at the Taylor Marina that destroyed three boats, damaged
several others, and forced the evacuation residential buildings in the area. – Boston
Herald
30.
December 20, Boston Herald –
(Massachusetts) South Shore fires have jakes fearing arsonist back. Representatives
from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the
Massachusetts fire marshal investigated a fire at the Taylor Marina that
destroyed three boats, damaged several others, and forced the evacuation
residential buildings in the area. Source: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2012/12/marshfield_marina_fire_forces_homeowners_evacuate
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Banking and Finance Sector
7. December
19, WBTW 13 Florence – (South Carolina) SC pair stole $78,000 from Best Buy using
fake credit cards, cops say. Two individuals were arrested for allegedly purchasing
goods worth more than $78,000 using fraudulent credit cards embedded with
stolen customer information that were mailed to them by other individuals.
Source: http://www2.wbtw.com/news/2012/dec/19/sc-pair-stole-78000-best-buy-using-fake-credit-car-ar-5201244/
8. December
19, Cincinnati Business Courier – (National) Fifth Third
agrees to $16M settlement in securities fraud case settlement. Fifth Third
Bancorp settled to pay $16 million to resolve a fraud lawsuit filed by
shareholders in 2008 over several large writedowns. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/12/19/fifth-third-agrees-to-16m-settlement.html
Information Technology Sector
26. December
20, Softpedia – (International) Secondary Twitter “sign in” form found to
transmit passwords in plain text. The CEO of Dome9 found that the secondary
Twitter sign-in form transmitted passwords in HTTP rather than secure HTTPS,
which Twitter addressed after being notified. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secondary-Twitter-Sign-In-Form-Found-to-Transmit-Passwords-in-Plain-Text-316359.shtml
27. December
20, The H – (International) AMD warns of security hole in its Catalyst
Control Center. AMD advised users to manually download an update to patch a
vulnerability discovered in the Catalyst Control Center’s graphics card
drivers’ auto-update notification feature. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/AMD-warns-of-security-hole-in-its-Catalyst-Control-Center-1773314.html
28. December
20, Softpedia – (International) Drupal 7.18 and 6.28 released to address
security vulnerabilities. Drupal 7.18 and 6.27 were released to fix three
remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, all rated moderately critical. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drupal-7-18-and-6-28-Released-to-Address-Security-Vulnerabilities-316281.shtml
29. December
19, Threatpost – (International) US-CERT warns of Adobe Shockwave Xtras
vulnerabilities. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
warned that three vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave could enable remote code
execution. Source: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/us-cert-warns-adobe-shockwave-xtras-vulnerabilities-121912
Communications Sector
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