Friday, January 25, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Four of New Jersey’s
electric utility companies were cited by the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities January 24 and told to improve their communications systems and
training after an investigation into the Hurricane Irene response in 2011. – Bridgewater
Courier-News
1.
January 23, Bridgewater Courier-News –
(New Jersey) NJ utilities told to improve communication in blackouts. Four
of New Jersey’s electric utility companies were cited by the New Jersey Board
of Public Utilities January 24 when the board stated that utility companies
should improve their communications systems and training after an investigation
into the Hurricane Irene response in 2011. Source: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130123/NJBIZ/301230044/NJ-utilities-told-to-improve-communication-in-blackouts?nclick_check=1
• Federal prosecutors announced January 11
that two employees from an Albany machine product firm pleaded guilty to
bribing a public official and over charging the U.S Department of Defense more
than $900,000. – ATLAW
3.
January 11, ATLAW – (Georgia) Albany
military contractors plead guilty to bribery. Federal prosecutors announced
January 11 that two employees from an Albany machine product firm pleaded
guilty to bribing a public official and over charging the U.S Department of
Defense more than $900,000. Source: http://www.atlawblog.com/2013/01/albany-military-contractors-plead-guilty-to-bribery/
• The Russian national who developed and
distributed the Gozi banking malware was charged along with two co-conspirators
with various counts of fraud and unauthorized access related to their malware’s
infection of over a million computers to obtain customers’ banking credentials.
– Wired.com
See
item 7 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Cenex Harvest States Inc. pleaded guilty and
was fined $500,000 for the improper release of chemicals and exposing hundreds
of cattle to hazardous smoke during a Great Falls fire in 2009. – Associated
Press
14.
January 23, Associated Press –
(Montana) Cenex fined $500K for Malta chemical release. Cenex Harvest
States Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $500,000 for the improper release of
chemicals and exposing hundreds of cattle to hazardous smoke during a Great
Falls fire in 2009. Source: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-01-23/cenex-fined-500k-for-malta-chemical-release
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Banking and Finance Sector
4. January 23, Albany
Tribune – (Oregon) Serial
robbery suspect “Dopey the Bandit” in custody. A suspect believed to be the
bank robber known as “Dopey the Bandit” was arrested in Portland. He is
suspected of 11 robberies, 4 of which targeted financial institutions. Source: http://www.albanytribune.com/23012013-serial-robbery-suspect-dopey-the-bandit-in-custody/
5. January 23, WBTV 3
Charlotte – (North
Carolina) Charlotte woman sentenced to federal prison for mail fraud. A
former manager at an insurance company was sentenced for defrauding her employer
of around $730,000 over 6 years by creating duplicates of checks paid to
underwriter companies and depositing them into a personal bank account. Source:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/20661255/charlotte-woman-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-mail-fraud
6. January 23, Out-Law News – (International) Most banks
experienced DDoS attacks last year, according to Ponemon Institute survey. A
report by the Ponemon Institute revealed that 64 percent of 650 banking IT
professionals surveyed said a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
targeted their institutions in 2012. The survey also measured responses on the
ability of banks to prevent DDoS attacks and barriers to preventing attacks.
Source: http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/january/most-banks-experienced-ddos-attacks-last-year-according-to-ponemon-institute-survey/
7. January 23, Wired.com – (International) Mastermind behind
Gozi bank malware charged along with two others. The Russian national who
developed and distributed the Gozi banking malware was charged along with two
co-conspirators with various counts of fraud and unauthorized access related to
their malware’s infection of over a million computers to obtain customers’
banking credentials. Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/mastermind-behind-gozi-charged/
8. January 23, Federal
Bureau of Investigation –
(California) Owner of Elk Grove mortgage business convicted in massive
mortgage fraud scheme. The owner and principal operator of Liberty Real
Estate and Investment Company was found guilty in a Sacramento court of
submitting falsified documents for buyers in real estate transactions, almost
all of which went into foreclosure, costing lending institutions more than $5.5
million. Source: http://www.loansafe.org/owner-of-elk-grove-mortgage-business-convicted-in-massive-mortgage-fraud-scheme
Information Technology
23. January 24, Krebs on
Security –
(International) Backdoors found in Barracuda Networks gear. Various spam
filters, firewalls, and VPN appliances sold by Barracuda Networks contain
undocumented backdoor accounts that could be remotely accessed via secure shell
(SSH) and are accessible to hundreds of non-Barracuda companies, the vendor
acknowledged. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/backdoors-found-in-barracuda-networks-gear/
24. January 23, Softpedia – (International) Microsoft
addresses XSS vulnerability on Delish. Microsoft fixed a cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability on its Delish cooking Web site after the issue
was reported by a researcher. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Addresses-XSS-Vulnerability-on-Delish-323618.shtml
25. January 23,
InformationWeek –
(International) Security flaws leave networked printers open to attack. A
security researcher discovered flaws in Hewlitt-Packard’s JetDirect printer
networking software which can be used to bypass security controls, disable
printers, or reprint previous documents. Source: http://www.informationweek.com/security/vulnerabilities/security-flaws-leave-networked-printers/240146805
For another
story, see item 7 above in the Banking and
Finance Sector
Communications Sector
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