Friday, June 28, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Five people were sentenced in Houston,
Texas, to federal prison terms between 24 -188 months for their roles in an
unlicensed money transmitting business that laundered more than $20 million. – Deer
Park Broadcaster
See item 3 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announced that there are now 122 confirmed cases of hepatitis A
linked to the nationwide Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Berry Blend
outbreak. – Food Safety News
13. June 26, Food Safety News
– (National) Two
more cases added to hepatitis A outbreak: 122 sick in 8 states. The U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there are now 122
confirmed cases of hepatitis A, up two cases from June 25 and three more than
the agency had confirmed June 24, linked to the Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant
Berry Blend outbreak. Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/06/two-more-cases-added-to-hepatitis-a-outbreak-122-sick-in-8-states/#.Ucw4Qfmkr44
• A man suspected of wounding a Los Angeles,
California police officer and injuring a probation officer died after a 13-hour
standoff. – Associated Press
25. June 26, Associated Press
– (California) Suspect
in wounding of LAPD officials found dead. A man suspected of wounding a Los
Angeles police officer and injuring a probation officer June 25 died after a
13-hour standoff in a Willowbrook home after officers exchanged shots with the
gunman before entering the home June 27. Authorities are still searching for
the suspect that ambushed and wounded two other Los Angeles police officers
outside the department’s Wilshire Division station. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/suspect-in-wounding-of-lapd-official-found-dead
• Juniper Networks reported a 614 percent
increase of malware threats with 92 percent of the pieces of malware aimed at
the Android platform from information collected between March 2012 and March
2013. – Softpedia
See item 30 below in the Information Technology Sector
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Banking and Finance Sector
2. June 26,
KPHO 5 Phoenix – (Arizona) ‘Home Town Bandit’ sentence for 7 bank robberies. A
Mexican national was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison June 26 for his
role in seven robberies in three Arizona cities between August 2011 and April
2012. Source: http://www.kpho.com/story/22694332/home-town-bandit-sentenced-for-7-bank-robberies
3. June 26,
Deer Park Broadcaster – (International) $20+ million ‘Black
market Peso Exchange’ scheme sends several to prison. Five people were
sentenced in Houston to federal prison terms between 24 -188 months for their
roles in an unlicensed money transmitting business that laundered more than $20
million including drug money through shell companies from October 2009 to
September 2011. Source: http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/deer_park/news/million-black-market-peso-exchange-scheme-sends-several-to-prison/article_68edad1b-b654-537e-b363-804df946a886.html
4. June 25,
Charlotte Observer – (North Carolina) Former Lincoln County teacher charged in $1
million Ponzi scheme. A former Lincoln County school teacher faces a 20
year prison sentence and $250,000 fine for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme in
Cherryville that defrauded investors more than $1 million from August 2008 to
March 2013. Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/25/4128255/lincoln-county-man-charged-in.html
Information Technology Sector
26. June 27,
Softpedia – (International) Gamarue malware-spreading emails purporting
to come from Qantas spotted again. Trustwave’s SpiderLabs’ researchers
identified bogus emails purporting to come from the Qantas airline company that
is sent out by the Cutwail botnet. The messages carry an executable Andromeda
bot loader designed to steal financial information from the infected computer
once the user unknowingly downloads the malware. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gamarue-Malware-Spreading-Emails-Purporting-to-Come-from-Qantas-Spotted-Again-363723.shtml
27. June 27,
Help Net Security – (International) Citadel Trojan automatically localizes fraud
content. Trusteer researchers discovered a Citadel variant that allows
cyber criminals to deliver fraudulent web pages that are automatically customized
for the language of each market and brand being targeted by injecting HTML
scripts. The malware is able to collect login credentials as well as credit
card information for social networks, banks, and major ecommerce sites. Source:
http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2525
28. June 27,
Softpedia – (International) Facebook fixes SMS-based account hijacking
vulnerability. A researcher discovered a flaw that allowed hackers to gain
access to any Facebook account by leveraging the feature that allows
subscribers to receive updates through a short message service linked to a
mobile phone number. Facebook fixed the vulnerability by no longer accepting
the flawed parameter from the user. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-Fixes-SMS-Based-Account-Hijacking-Vulnerability-363738.shtml
29. June 27,
Softpedia – (International) Experts say the “DarkSeoul” gang is
responsible for cyberattacks on South Korea. Researchers at Symantec
believe the DarkSeoul gang is responsible for several attacks against
government Web sites and financial institutions in South Korea and operations
against the United States. The group uses the same multi-staged, destructive
malware tactics that are executed around historically significant dates and are
politically-themed.
30. June 26, Softpedia – (International) 92% of
mobile malware targets Android devices, Juniper report shows. In their
annual Mobile Threats Report, Juniper Networks reported a 614 percent increase
of malware threats with 92 percent of the pieces of malware aimed at the
Android platform from information collected between March 2012 and March 2013.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/92-of-Mobile-Malware-Targets-Android-Devices-Juniper-Report-Shows-363521.shtml
31. June 26, SC Magazine – (International) Maker of
Opera browser said its network was hacked to steal code-signing certificate. Opera
Software, maker of the Opera browser, neutralized an infection in which
attackers made off with at least one certificate that they used to sign
malware. The hackers did not compromise any user data but did manage to use the
stolen code-signing certificate to distribute malicious software to Windows
users running the Opera browser. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/maker-of-opera-browser-said-its-network-was-hacked-to-steal-code-signing-certificate/article/300580/
Communications Sector
32.
June 26, KHON 2 Honolulu – (Hawaii) Copper
theft could be to blame for Pacific Palisades phone, internet outage. Approximately
200 Hawaiian Telecom customers in Pacific Palisades lost phone and Internet
services from June 25-26 possibly due to attempted copper theft. Source: http://www.khon2.com/2013/06/26/copper-theft-could-be-to-blame-for-pacific-palisades-phone-internet-outage/
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