Friday, January 18, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• About 13 passengers
were transported to a hospital with minor injuries after a Greyhound bus
collided with a truck while heading eastbound on Interstate 90 in Erie County.
– Erie Times-News
5.
January 17, Erie Times-News –
(Pennsylvania) Greyhound bus passengers taken to hospitals, area church
after I-90 crash. About 13 passengers were transported to a hospital with
minor injuries after a Greyhound bus collided with a truck while heading
eastbound on Interstate 90 in Erie County. Source: http://www.goerie.com/article/20130117/NEWS02/301179881/Greyhound-bus-emptied-of-passengers-after-I-90-crash-(Updated:-8:49-am)
• The Federal
Aviation Administration issued a directive to ground all Boeing787 Dreamliner
airplanes after a series of recent incidents highlighted some safety issues,
most recently an emergency landing in Japan January 16. – Los Angeles Times
7.
January 16, Los Angeles Times –
(California) FAA regulators ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The
Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive to ground all Boeing787
Dreamliner airplanes after a series of recent incidents highlighted some safety
issues, most recently an emergency landing in Japan January 16. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-faa-regulators-ground-all-boeing-787-dreamliners-20130116,0,915540.story
• A Government
Accountability Office report stated Federal Government-issued mobile devices
are susceptible to hacking due to their lack of password protection. Out of
half of all Federal employees, one in three is not protected and 85 percent
contain downloaded unrestricted apps that make the devices more vulnerable to
attacks. – Help Net Security
12. January 17, Help Net
Security – (National)
Many Fed smartphones have zero password protection. A Government
Accountability Office report stated Federal Government-issued mobile devices
are susceptible to hacking due to their lack of password protection. Out of
half of all Federal employees, one in three is not protected and 85 percent
contain downloaded unrestricted apps that make the devices more vulnerable to
attacks. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14254
• The Matteson Hall
dorms at the State University College at Oneonta in New York went up in a blaze
after a fire started in one of the rooms. About 177 students were displaced
after the fire left a considerable amount of damage. – Oneonta Daily Star
14.
January 16, Oneonta Daily Star – (New
York) Fire damages Matteson Hall dormitory at SUNY Oneonta. The Matteson
Hall dorms at the State University College at Oneonta in New York went up in a
blaze after a fire started in one of the rooms. About 177 students were
displaced after the fire left a considerable amount of damage. Source: http://thedailystar.com/local/x1303520564/Fire-damages-Matteson-Hall-dormitory-at-SUNY-Oneonta
Details
Banking and Finance Sector
4. January 17, Bloomberg
News – (New York) SEC
sues broker alleging insider trades tied to Galleon. The U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission alleged that a former Incremental Capital broker made
illegal profits of $207,000 by trading on inside information prior to the 2007
acquisition of 3Com. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-16/sec-sues-broker-alleging-insider-trades-tied-to-galleon.html
For another
story, see item 17 below in the Information
Technology Sector
Information Technology
17. January 17, Threatpost – (International) New version of
Shylock malware spreading through Skype. A new version of the Shylock
malware capable of spreading through Skype instant messages has been
identified. The malware looks specifically for online banking credentials and
can also perform code-injection attacks. Source: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-version-shylock-malware-spreading-through-skype-011713
18. January 17, IDG News
Service –
(International) Foxit patches critical vulnerability in PDF viewer browser
plug-in. A new version of the Foxit Reader browser plugin was released,
which patches a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/011713-foxit-patches-critical-vulnerability-in-265915.html?source=nww_rss
19. January 17, Softpedia – (International) Drupal 7.19 and
6.28 released to address XSS, access bypass flaws. The developers of Drupal
released Drupal 7.19 and Drupal 6.28, which address a cross-site scripting
vulnerability and several access bypass vulnerabilities present in older
versions. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Drupal-7-19-and-6-28-Released-to-Address-XSS-Access-Bypass-Flaws-321861.shtml
20. January 16, Softpedia – (International) Expert finds
security holes in sites of Microsoft, Twilio and ProActive CMS. A security
researcher discovered vulnerabilities in Web sites belonging to Microsoft and
Twilio, as well as issues in ProActive content management system (CMS). Twilio
and Microsoft addressed their respective cross-site request forgery and
cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, while the ProActive CMS vulnerabilities
remained unaddressed. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Finds-Security-Holes-in-Sites-of-Microsoft-Twilio-and-ProActive-CMS-321774.shtml
Communications Sector
21.
January 17, Lihue Garden Island –
(Hawaii) Hawaiian Telcom fiber optic cable repair is complete. Telephone,
Internet, and cable service was restored to roughly 10,000 Hawaiian Telecom
customers January 15 after an underwater fiber optic cable was damaged in a
fire earlier in the day. Source: http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/hawaiian-telcom-fiber-optic-cable-repair-is-complete/article_47ed2508-6081-11e2-b97e-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true
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