Friday, September 6, 2013

Complete DHS Daily Report for September 6, 2013

Daily Report

Top Stories

 • A Union Pacific railroad bridge located near the town of Byers, Colorado, will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time until officials can inspect the damage from an August 4 fire. – KMGH 7 Denver

14. September 4, KMGH 7 Denver – (Colorado) Union Pacific railroad bridge between Denver and Kansas City closed after early morning fire. A fire prompted the closure of a Union Pacific railroad bridge August 4 near the town of Byers for an undetermined amount of time until officials can inspect the damage. The line runs from Denver to Kansas and handles 8 to 10 trains a day. Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/union-pacific-railroad-bridge-between-denver-and-kansas-city-closed-after-early-morning-fire

 • Safeway Inc. reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency September 4 to curb refrigerant leaks at 659 stores and pay a $600,000 fine. – Bloomberg News

17. September 4, Bloomberg News – (National) Safeway agrees to stop leaks of refrigerant chemical. Safeway Inc. reached a settlement to curb harmful refrigerant leaks at 659 of its stores and pay a $600,000 fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency September 4. The company failed to promptly repair leaks of hydrochlorofluorocarbon and will spend $4.1 million to reduce the releases. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-04/safeway-agrees-to-stop-leaks-of-refrigerant-chemical.html

 • A total of 13 brain-surgery patients, including 8 from the Catholic Medical Center in Concord, New Hampshire, may have been inadvertently exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare, degenerative disorder, as a result of improperly sterilized surgical equipment. – USA Today

20. September 5, USA Today – (National) 13 patients possibly exposed to fatal brain disease. New Hampshire health officials announced September 4 that 8 brain-surgery patients at Catholic Medical Center in Concord may have been exposed to the rare, degenerative disorder, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease through potentially contaminated equipment. Five additional patients in other States may have also been exposed to the disease as a result of improperly sterilized surgical equipment. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/04/new-hampshire-hospital-fatal-brain-disease/2764645/

 • Rockford, Michigan officials issued a boil advisory for residents and closed six schools September 5 after an equipment malfunction resulted in E. coli contamination being found in the city’s water system. – MLive.com

23. September 4, MLive.com – (Michigan) 3,000 Rockford students staying home Thursday because of E. coli detected in city water system. Officials closed 6 schools in Rockford September 5 after E. coli contamination was found in the city’s water system. A boil advisory was issued for residents after an equipment malfunction resulted in lower levels of chlorine residuals in the water system and tests showed coliform bacteria was present in the water. Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/09/3000_rockford_students_staying.html

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Banking and Finance Sector

5. September 5, Dark Reading – (International) New, advanced banking trojan discovered in the wild. Researchers at ESET identified a new banking trojan with advanced features called Win32/Spy.Hesperbot targeting users in Turkey, the U.K., and the Czech Republic via phishing emails. The trojan can log keystrokes, set up a remote proxy, create a hidden virtual network computing (VNC) server, and attempts to get users to install a mobile component of the malware on their mobile devices. Source: http://www.darkreading.com/end-user/new-advanced-banking-trojan-discovered-i/240160826

6. September 4, Marine Independent Journal – (California) San Rafael credit union robbed by bandit in earflaps as crime streak continues. A man linked to at least five other bank robberies in Marin robbed a Redwood Credit Union branch in San Rafael September 4. Source: http://www.marinij.com/crimebeat/ci_24015540/san-rafael-credit-union-robbed-by-bandit-earflaps

Information Technology Sector

27. September 4, Threatpost – (International) Public exploit available for patched Safari bug. Packet Storm released a proof-of-concept exploit for a patched Safari heap buffer overflow vulnerability. The vulnerability was patched in November 2012 and affects users who have not yet updated to newer versions of OS X and iOS. Source: http://threatpost.com/public-exploit-available-for-patched-safari-bug

28. September 4, IDG News Service – (International) FTC: Negligence by security camera vendor harms customers’ privacy. TRENDnet settled U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that were brought due to lax security practices in software for its security cameras that allowed the cameras’ feeds to be remotely posted and watched by unauthorized users. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/090413-ftc-negligence-by-security-camera-273485.html

For another story, see item 5 above in the Banking and Finance Sector

Communications Sector

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