Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Top Stories
• A former portfolio manager at CR Intrinsic Investors, a SAC
Capital Management fund, was indicted on three counts related to a massive
insider trading scheme involving tips from a doctor that brought the company
$276 million in profits. – Reuters See item 3 below in
the Banking and Finance Sector
• Firefighters responded to a fire at a hog confinement facility
that killed 650 hogs southeast of Rock Valley, and are also investigating the
death of 475 hogs at another nearby facility after someone tampered with the
climate control system. – Associated Press
13. December
24, Associated Press – (Iowa) Fire kills 650 pigs in northwest Iowa. Firefighters
responded to a fire at a hog confinement facility that killed 650 hogs southeast
of Rock Valley, and are also investigating the death of 475 hogs at another nearby
facility after someone tampered with the climate control system. Source: http://www.kdlt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22881&Itemid=57
• Two firefighters were killed and two others were shot while
attempting to put out a house fire in Webster, New York, December 24. The
gunman was later found dead due to gunshot wounds. – USA Today; Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
24. December
24, USA Today; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – (New York) 4
firefighters shot, 2 killed at Webster, N.Y., fire. Two firefighters were
killed and two others were shot while attempting to put out a house fire in
Webster, New York, December 24. The gunman was later found dead due to gunshot
wounds. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/24/webster-new-york-firefighter-shot/1788917/
• A gunman injured three State Troopers and killed three people at
three different locations in Pennsylvania before police killed him in a
shootout. – NBC News
25. December
21, NBC News – (Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania gunman kills woman in
church, two other people before dying in shootout with police. A gunman
injured three State Troopers and killed three people at three different
locations in Pennsylvania before police killed him in a shootout. Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/21/16069042-pennsylvania-gunman-kills-woman-in-church-two-other-people-before-dying-in-shootout-with-police?lite
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Banking and Finance Sector
3. December 21, Reuters – (National) Ex-SAC fund manager
indicted in insider trading scheme. A former portfolio manager at CR
Intrinsic Investors, a SAC Capital Management fund, was indicted on three
counts related to a massive insider trading scheme involving tips from a doctor
that brought the company $276 million in profits. Source: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-21/business/sns-rt-us-saccapital-martomabre8bk0zz-20121221_1_cohen-and-martoma-insider-cr-intrinsic-investors
4. December 21, Santa Cruz
Sentinel –
(California) Federal charges filed against Scotts Valley businessmen accused
of defrauding investors. Two investment advisers involved with Geringer,
Luck, and Rode LLC were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Jose for
allegedly receiving more than $60 million from investors and diverting half to
themselves and companies in which they held an interest. Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22242685/federal-charges-filed-against-scotts-valley-businessmen-accused
5. December 21, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission –
(National) SEC charges four penny stock purchasers with fraud. The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission charged four individuals in a $17 million
penny stocks scheme where they acquired stocks at below-market prices from
firms by falsely stating that they intended to hold the shares as investments,
when they in fact immediately re-sold them. Source: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2012/2012-278.htm
Information Technology Sector
28.
December 23, The Register –
(International) Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install. Google
announced that it would begin analyzing Web Store extensions for its Chrome
browser and disabling automatic extension installation to protect users against
malicious extensions. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/23/google_bans_auto_install_chrome_extensions/
29.
December 22, Softpedia –
(International) Antivirus solutions still have problems in blocking fake AV,
experts say. Researchers at Zscaler pointed out that most security programs
are incapable of blocking scareware threats, despite the fake antivirus
programs remaining effectively unchanged for years. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Antivirus-Solutions-Still-Have-Problems-in-Blocking-Fake-AV-Experts-Say-316953.shtml
For
another story, see item 30 below in the Communications Sector
Communications Sector
30. December 22, ZDNet – (National) Hacker, Verizon duel
over customer record claims. Verizon assured the public their wireless
systems were not hacked, but notified customers who could have been potentially
impacted by a data breach, after a hacker claimed to have posted thousands of
database entries from customers on the Web, exposing a Verizon vulnerability.
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/hacker-verizon-duel-over-customer-record-claims-7000009151/
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