Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Top Stories
• Three armed men and a getaway driver robbed
a Navy Federal Credit Union in Arlington, Virginia’s Ballston area, leaving
with a substantial amount of cash that contained a GPS tracker, which led to
their arrest. – ARLnow.com See item 3
below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• A tanker truck hauling a chemical in Houston
crashed and caught fire, prompting officials to close northbound lanes of
Texas’s Eastex Freeway for the morning. – KTRK 13 Houston
6.
December 26, KTRK 13 Houston – (Texas)
Driver dies in fiery tanker truck crash on Eastex Freeway. A tanker
truck hauling a chemical in Houston crashed and caught fire, prompting
officials to close northbound lanes of Texas’s Eastex Freeway for the morning.
Source: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8931858
• Over 325 flights were cancelled due to a
major winter storm moving from the central U.S. to the northeast. Snow caused
an accident involving 21 vehicles in Oklahoma, and tornadoes and rainstorms
caused damage in the Deep South. – Associated Press
7.
December 26, Associated Press –
(National) Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; flights canceled. Over
325 flights were cancelled due to a major winter storm moving from the central
U.S. to the northeast. Snow caused an accident involving 21 vehicles in
Oklahoma, and tornadoes and rainstorms caused damage in the Deep South. Source:
http://www.necn.com/12/26/12/Snowstorm-heads-east-after-South-twister/landing_nation.html?&apID=1f087d952eae48c29769b7894ecdd587
• Heavy rains December 23 breached a levee in
East Palo Alto, prompting seven homes to be evacuated. – Associated Press
20.
December 25, Associated Press –
(California) Levee breach in East Palo Alto leads to repairs. Heavy
rains December 23 breached a levee in East Palo Alto, prompting seven homes to
be evacuated. Source: http://www.thecalifornian.com/viewart/20121226/NEWS01/312260011/Levee-breach-East-Palo-Alto-leads-repairs
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Banking and Finance Sector
3. December
23, ARLnow.com – (Virginia) Four arrested after armed bank robbery in
Ballston. Three armed men and a getaway driver robbed a Navy Federal Credit
Union in Arlington, Virginia’s Ballston area, leaving with a substantial amount
of cash that contained a GPS tracker, which led to their arrest. Source: http://www.arlnow.com/2012/12/23/four-arrested-after-armed-bank-robbery-in-ballston/
4. December
22, WBZ-TV 4 Boston – (Massachusetts) Fresh out of prison, Quincy man suspected in
5 bank robberies. A man arrested after a recent bank robbery was suspected
in at least four other robberies in the South Shore area of Massachusetts.
Source: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/12/22/quincy-parolee-charged-in-bank-robbery-suspected-in-four-others/
Information Technology Sector
18. December
24, eSecurity Planet – (International) Kaspersky warns of malware targeting Kindle
Fire. A researcher from Kaspersky Labs recent found that two apps in the
Amazon App Store purporting to offer device enhancements, “Internet Accelerator
Speed Up” and “Shake Battery Charger,” that are in fact designed to deliver
Airpush mobile ads. Source: http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/kaspersky-warns-of-malware-targeting-kindle-fire.html
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
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