Complete DHS Daily Report for August 16, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Four people were transported to the hospital
August 14 after an explosion and fire at the Per-Fix Environmental Services
plant in Valdosta, Georgia. – WALB 10 Albany
4.
August 15, WALB 10 Albany – (Georgia) Valdosta
explosion identities released. Four people were transported to the hospital
August 14 after a fire at the Per-Fix Environmental Services plant in Valdosta.
Officials are investigating the cause of the explosions that caused significant
damage to the facility. Source: http://www.wflx.com/story/23137707/massive-industrial-fire
• U.S. authorities charged two former JPMorgan
Chase & Co. employees with wire fraud and conspiracy to falsify records for
their alleged role a 2012 scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion. – Reuters See item 7 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Affinity Health Plan was fined $1,215,780
after a 2010 investigation uncovered they failed to erase the electronic
protected health information of 344,579 individuals that was stored on a leased
photocopier’s hard drives before returning it. – Healthcare IT News
25. August
14, Healthcare IT News – (National) At $1.2M, photocopy breach
proves costly. New York-based Affinity Health Plan settled with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services for $1,215,780 after a photocopier containing
patient information was compromised. A 2010 investigation uncovered Affinity
Health Plan failed to incorporate the electronic protected health information
stored on photocopier hard drives after nearly 344,579 individuals were
potentially impacted when the company leased a photocopier, stored confidential
medical information on its hard drive, and failed to erase the data after
returning it. Source: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/12m-photocopy-breach-proves-costly
• Firefighters continued to battle the nearly
112,000-acre Elk Complex Fire in Idaho as the number of structures destroyed
rose to 81 by August 13. – Idaho Statesmen
26.
August 15, Idaho Statesmen – (Idaho) Idaho’s
Elk Complex fire burns homes at Fall Creek. Firefighters continued to
battle the nearly 112,000-acre Elk Complex Fire in Idaho as the number of
structures destroyed rose to 81 by August 13. Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/08/15/2706843/damage-assessment-from-elk-complex.html
Details
Banking and Finance Sector
7. August 14, Reuters – (International) U.S.
charges two ex-JPMorgan bankers over ‘London Whale’ loss. U.S. authorities
charged two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. employees with wire fraud and
conspiracy to falsify records for their alleged role in attempting to hide
hundreds of millions of dollars in losses during a 2012 scandal that cost the
bank $6.2 billion. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/14/us-jpm-whale-charges-idUSBRE97D0QU20130814
8. August 15, KION 46 Salinas – (California) Central
Coast Bandit linked to 6th bank robbery. The robbery of a Pacific Western
Bank branch in Pismo Beach August 15 was linked to the “Central Coast Bandit,”
the suspect’s sixth bank robbery. Source: http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/23141240/central-coast-bandit-linked-to-6th-bank-robbery
For additional
stories, see items 33, 35 below
in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
33. August
15, Softpedia – (International) Frutas RAT used in targeted attacks against
high-profile companies in Asia and Europe. Researchers at Symantec
identified a cybercriminal campaign targeting high-profile Asian and European
organizations in the mining, finance, telecoms, and government sectors that
utilizes the Frutas remote access trojan (RAT) to collect information for
future targeted attacks. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Frutas-RAT-Used-in-Targeted-Attacks-Against-High-Profile-Companies-in-Asia-and-Europe-375589.shtml
34. August
15, Softpedia – (International) ZeuS variant uses infected systems to check
for availability of Instagram usernames. Researchers at RSA discovered a
variant of the Zeus malware that infects computers and can then run search
engine queries, check the availability of Instagram account names for use in
selling fake followers, and automatically ‘like’ photos on Instagram. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/ZeuS-Variant-Uses-Infected-Systems-to-Check-for-Availability-of-Instagram-Usernames-375775.shtml
35. August
15, Softpedia – (International) Google releases patch for Android flaw that
can be exploited for Bitcoin wallet theft. Google released a patch that
closes an Android vulnerability in the SecureRandom class implementation that
could be used to compromise Bitcoin wallets. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Releases-Patch-for-Android-Flaw-That-Can-Be-Exploited-for-Bitcoin-Wallet-Theft-375610.shtml
36. August
14, Bloomberg News – (International) New York Times website back online after
‘internal issue.’ The Web site and email systems of the New York Times
experienced an outage of more than 2 hours August 14 due to an internal server
malfunction. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-14/new-york-times-site-goes-down-amid-technical-difficulties-1-.html
37. August
14, Softpedia – (International) Chinese hackers develop automated tools to
exploit Apache Struts vulnerabilities. Trend Micro researchers found that
Chinese hackers created tools for use against vulnerabilities in Apache Struts
that were recently closed in the latest Struts update. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Hackers-Develop-Automated-Tools-to-Exploit-Apache-Struts-Vulnerabilities-375550.shtml
38. August
14, SC Magazine – (International) New ransomware threat “Browlock” freezes
computers and demands payment. Researchers at F-Secure identified a new
ransomware called Browlock being used against users in the U.S., Canada, and
the U.K and originating on a server in Russia. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/new-ransomware-threat-browlock-freezes-computers-and-demands-payment/article/307423/
39. August
14, IDG News Service – (International) Microsoft yanks troublesome Exchange security
patch. Microsoft withdrew a security update for Exchange Server 2013 after
it caused installation and access issues for users. Source: https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241641/Microsoft_yanks_troublesome_Exchange_security_patch
Communications Sector
See
item, 33 above in the Information Technology Sector
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