Complete DHS Daily Report for November 5, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Nearly 200,000 customers lost power in
Seattle November 2 due to powerful winds. – Seattle Times
1.
November 2, Seattle Times –
(Washington) Thousands lose power as powerful winds hit region. Crews
worked to restore service as utility companies around the region reported
nearly 200,000 customers lost power all over Seattle November 2 due to strong
winds. Source: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/11/west-seattle-power-outage-expected-to-continue-into-afternoon/
• Financial and private information of members
of Congress, celebrities, and business executives was found to be exposed by
cybercriminals after they compromised a limousine service. – Krebs on
Security See
item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector
• The gunman who opened fire on and killed a
TSA official at the Los Angeles International Airport remains in the hospital
heavily sedated and under close guard. – Associated Press
13.
November 4, Associated Press –
(California) LAX shooter remains heavily sedated, under guard. A man who
opened fire on employees at the Los Angeles International Airport on November
1, killing a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer and wounding
three others, is reported to have acted alone in a conscious decision to try to
kill TSA officers. The FBI continues to investigate the incident. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/gunman-told-police-he-acted-alone-in-lax-shooting
• Twenty-one children and one bus driver were
injured after a Devall Middle School and Chamberlin Elementary School bus
crashed in Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. – Baton Rouge
31.
November 1, WAFB 9 Baton Rouge –
(Louisiana) 22 injured in school bus crash, 77-year-old bus driver cited. Twenty-one
children and one bus driver were transported to an area hospital with injuries
after a Devall Middle School and Chamberlin Elementary School bus got into an
accident in west Baton Rouge Parish November 1. Source: http://www.wafb.com/story/23855136/2-school-buses-crash-airmed-transports-injured-to-hospital
Details
Financial Services Sector
6. November
4, Krebs on Security – (National) Hackers take limo service firm for a ride. CorporateCarOnline,
a limousine and town car service, was found to have been the target of
cybercriminals after a plain text archive of more than 850,000 customers’
credit card numbers, names, addresses, transaction records, and other private
information was discovered on the same servers where stolen information from PR
Newswire and Adobe Systems Inc. was found. Customers whose information was
exposed included members of Congress, celebrities, and business executives.
Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/11/hackers-take-limo-service-firm-for-a-ride/
7. November
3, Forum of Fargo-Moorhead – (North Dakota) Fargo truck stop accountant
accused of stealing $190K from store ATMs. A bookkeeper at a Fargo truck
stop was accused of stealing more than $190,000 from ATMs at the truck stop
over several years by allegedly embezzling the money and falsifying records to
avoid detection. Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/282494/group/homepage/
8. November
2, Everett Herald – (Washington) ‘Phony Pony Bandit’ admits to armed robberies. A
man known as the “Phony Pony Bandit” pleaded guilty November 1 to four counts
of bank robbery in connection with the armed robbery of four banks in the
Stanwood area of Washington in 2012. Source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131102/NEWS01/711029937/Phony-Pony-Bandit-admits-to-armed-robberies
9. November
1, North Country Gazette – (New York) 4 nabbed in skimmer scam of
LIRR customers. Authorities announced November 1 that four Romanian
nationals were arrested for allegedly using skimming devices and hidden cameras
at ticket vending machines to steal the payment card information of thousands
of MTA Long Island Rail Road customers. Cameras and skimmers were found on
machines in Nassau, Queens, and Westchester counties. Source: http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2013/11/01/skimmer_scam/
10. November
1, Softpedia – (International) Liberty Reserve co-founder pleads guilty. The
co-founder of Liberty Reserve pleaded guilty to money laundering, operating an
unlicensed money transmitting business, and other charges in his role in
founding and running the service that allowed criminals to make illegal
transactions. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Liberty-Reserve-Co-Founder-Vladimir-Kats-Pleads-Guilty-to-Money-Laundering-396463.shtml
11. November
1, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (California) SEC
obtains asset freeze in California-based real estate investment scheme. The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced November 1 an asset freeze
and fraud charges against Pasadena-based Velocity Investment Group and other
entities and their owners, for allegedly raising more than $150 million in a
Ponzi-like investment scheme. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370540220789#.Une26fmkrSk
Information Technology Sector
38. November
4, Softpedia – (International) Adobe passwords leaked by hackers not
properly encrypted. Researchers found that most customer passwords exposed
during a recent Adobe breach could be decrypted due to the passwords being
encrypted using Triple DES encryption, which could leave clues to the passwords
in the hashes. Adobe confirmed the encryption use, but passwords created within
the last year used a newer form of encryption and are not at risk. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adobe-Passwords-Leaked-by-Hackers-Not-Properly-Encrypted-396858.shtml
39. November
4, Help Net Security – (International) Fake LinkeIn profile gathering info for
targeted attacks. Websense researchers identified and reported an account
on LinkedIn likely being used by cybercriminals to collect information for
targeted attacks. The account is used to view potential targets’ profiles and
to attempt to redirect users to a dating Web site with an IP address and
Autonomous System Number associated with past malicious activity. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15880
40. November
1, Threatpost – (International) Upatre trojan downloads malware that downloads
malware. Researchers at Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center reported a
spike in Win/32.Upatre infections in recent months, with a spam campaign
distributing the trojan in malicious attachments. The trojan then downloads
additional malware after it infects a system. Source: http://threatpost.com/upatre-trojan-downloads-malware-that-downloads-malware
41. November 1, Softpedia – (International) Rogue Bing
ads lure users to fake Snapchat installer. ThreatTrack Security researchers
found that users searching for Snapchat using the Bing search engine are
presented with sponsored ads that direct them to Web sites hosting fake
Snapchat installers that contain malware. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rogue-Bing-Ads-Lure-Users-to-Fake-Snapchat-Installer-396431.shtml
For another story, see item 6 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
42.
November 4, Telecompaper –
(International) Claro gets USD 31.6 mln FCC funds for broadband expansion. The
Puerto Rico Federal Communications Commission awarded Claro $31.6 million from
the Puerto Rico FCC’s Connect America Fund to boost and provide broadband
network connection for over 40,700 unserved households and businesses in Puerto
Rico. Source: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/claro-gets-usd-316-mln-fcc-funds-for-broadband-expansion--977383
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