Thursday, September 5, 2013 published on Friday, September 6, 2013 @ 11AM

  

Complete DHS Daily Report for September 5, 2013

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 • Over 1,200 passengers Amtrak trains traveling between Wilmington, Delaware, and Perryville, Maryland, were delayed or forced to transfer trains September 2 after thunderstorms damaged the railroad's signaling system. – Baltimore Sun

15. September 3, Baltimore Sun – (Delaware; Maryland) Amtrak service disrupted, riders trapped after storm damage. Over 1,200 passengers on five different Amtrak trains traveling between Wilmington, Delaware, and Perryville, Maryland, were delayed for hours or forced to transfer trains September 2 after a line of thunderstorms damaged the railroad's signaling system. Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-amtrak-delays-20130903,0,4662353.story

 • Authorities are investigating an incident at Spring High School near Houston after one student was killed and three others were reportedly injured in a stabbing September 4. – KPRC 2 Houston

20. September 4, KPRC 2 Houston – (Texas) 1 killed, 3 injured in stabbing at Houston-area high school. One student was killed and three others were reportedly injured in a stabbing at Spring High School near Houston September 4. Authorities are investigating the incident. Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Multiple-People-Stabbed-at-Houston-Area-High-School-222335781.html

 • Firefighters continued to battle the 235,841-acre Rim Fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park in California as they reached 80 percent containment September 4. – Los Angeles Times

24. September 4, Los Angeles Times – (California) Rim fire: Containment of Yosemite-area blaze at 80%. Firefighters continued to battle the 235,841-acre Rim Fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park as they reached 80 percent containment September 4. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-yosemite-containment-80-20130904,0,5841792.story

 • Officials designated the former Fillipo Dry Cleaners site in Rutland, Vermont, as an environmental emergency and committed a $1.2 million budget to prevent the further spread of toxic chemicals from the site. – Vermont Digger

34. September 2, Vermont Digger– (Vermont) State paying $1.2 million for cleanup of Rutland dry-cleaner contamination. Vermont officials designated the former Fillipo Dry Cleaners site in Rutland as an environmental emergency and committed a $1.2 million budget to prevent the further spread of toxic chemicals from the site toward a residential neighborhood. The cleanup includes removal of contaminated soil and water from the site. Source: http://vtdigger.org/2013/09/02/state-paying-1-2-million-for-cleanup-of-rutland-dry-cleaner-contamination/

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Banking and Finance Sector

5. September 4, The Register – (International) Citadel botnet resurges to storm Japanese PCs. Trend Micro reported that the Citadel botnet has returned to service and been spotted in a campaign targeting online banking credentials at Japanese financial institutions as well as email services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/04/citadel_wreaks_havoc_in_japan/

6. September 3, Fort Meyers News-Press – (Florida) Two Lehigh Acres men arrested in credit card scam. Two men from Lehigh Acres were arrested after making several purchases in the Sarasota area using fraudulent credit cards. Police found 120 counterfeit cards and 29 victims’ personal information in their possession. Source: http://www.news-press.com/article/20130903/CRIME/130903015/Two-Lehigh-acres-men-arrested-credit-card-scam

Information Technology Sector

29. September 3, Threatpost – (International) Cisco warned users of four vulnerabilities. Cisco published four moderate-severity security notices, warning customers of issues in its IOS XR carrier routing software, unified computing system, Adaptive Security Appliance software, and the Web administrator interface for its wireless LAN controllers. Source: http://threatpost.com/cisco-warns-users-of-four-vulnerabilities

30. September 3, Threatpost – (International) Njworm: A RAT with legs and a thirst for no-IP credentials. Researchers discovered a variant of the njRAT remote access trojan (RAT) named njw0rm that contains the same capabilities but also seeks to copy itself to removable storage devices and spread to other systems. The RAT can collect various information from victims’ systems and also looks for passwords in Chrome, XML files, and the No-IP dynamic DNS service. Source: http://threatpost.com/njw0rm-a-rat-with-legs-and-a-thirst-for-no-ip-credentials

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

Communications Sector

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