Friday, May 17, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for May 17, 2013
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Top Stories
• Around 20,000 homes and businesses in
Granbury, Texas, lost power after tornadoes formed in the area, destroying
structures and leaving at least 6 dead and dozens injured. – Associated
Press
3.
May 16, Associated Press – (Texas) Texas
tornado winds believed to be up to 200mph. Around 20,000 homes and
businesses in Granbury lost power after tornadoes formed in the area,
destroying structures and leaving at least 6 dead and dozens injured. Source: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22266798/at-least-6-confirmed-dead-in-texas-tornado
• A seizure of funds tied to Bitcoin exchange
Mt. Gox was ordered by the U.S. District Court in Maryland for allegedly
engaging in currency trading without being registered as a money transmitting
business. – IDG News Wire See item 9
below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Piedmont Healthcare in Stateville, North
Carolina, will notify close to 2,000 patients of a potential data breach after they
discovered a Web site hosting company they utilized for bill payments online
was compromised. – WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte
24.
May 15, WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte – (North
Carolina) Hospital says credit card information for 2K patients possibly
compromised. Piedmont HealthCare in Statesville will notify close to 2,000
patients of a potential data breach after they discovered E-dreamz, a Web site
hosting company they utilized for bill payments online, was compromised. The
hospital said credit card information may have been exposed as well as
patients’ personal information but not medical information. Source: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/hospital-says-credit-card-information-2k-patients-/nXsCT/
• Thirteen Cleveland, Ohio firefighters were
charged by authorities for allegedly paying co-workers to work unauthorized shifts
that were assigned to them from 2006 through 2010. – WKYC 3 Cleveland
31.
May 15, WKYC 3 Cleveland – (Ohio) 13
Cleveland firefighters indicted for theft, soliciting. Thirteen Cleveland
firefighters were charged after an investigation uncovered they were paying
co-workers to work unauthorized shifts that were assigned to them from 2006
through 2010. At minimum each firefighter failed to work 2,000 hours of their
scheduled time, while still accumulating sick leave, vacation time, clothing
allowance, and pension money. Source: http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/299756/33/13-Cleveland-firefighters-indicted-for-theft-soliciting
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Banking and Finance Sector
8. May 16,
WDIV 4 Detroit – (Michigan) Feds: Detroit business paying with crack instead
of cash. The owners of the Big C Tire Shop in Detroit were charged with
cashing $100,000 in counterfeit Post Office paychecks. Federal investigators
also reported that the shop distributed drugs to employees. Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/feds-detroit-business-paying-with-crack-instead-of-cash/-/1719418/20163870/-/1uof01/-/index.html
9. May 15,
IDG News Service – (International) Mt. Gox accused of violating US money
transfer regulations. The U.S. District Court in Maryland ordered the
seizure of funds tied to Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox for allegedly engaging in
currency trading without being registered as a money transmitting business.
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-mt-gox-accused-of-violating-269824.html
10. May 15,
KESQ 2 Palm Springs – (California) Hundreds of Valley customers’ banking
information compromised. A man was arrested for allegedly installing a
skimming device at an ATM in La Quinte and creating fraudulent access cards
with the data. Source: http://www.kesq.com/cbs/hundreds-of-valley-customers-banking-information-compromised/-/10886692/20169668/-/jvu8qez/-/index.html
Information Technology Sector
32.
May 16, Help Net Security –
(International) Researchers reveal OpUSA attackers’ MO. Trend Micro
researchers analyzed attacks in the recent OpUSA campaign and found that
attackers compromised some sites ahead of time with compromised URLs. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14918
33.
May 16, The H – (International) Exploit
for local Linux kernel bug in circulation. A Linux kernel bug not
previously addressed as a security issue affects some versions of Linux by
allowing access to almost any memory area. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Exploit-for-local-Linux-kernel-bug-in-circulation-Update-1863892.html
34.
May 15, Threatpost – (International) PushDo
malware resurfaces with DGA capabilities. The PushDo trojan associated with
the Cutwail botnet was found to now incorporate a domain generation algorithm
(DGA) to avoid detection and increase resiliency. Source: http://threatpost.com/pushdo-malware-resurfaces-with-dga-capabilities/
Communications Sector
35. May 16,
KCRG 9 Cedar Rapids – (Iowa) Cell phone service outages reported across eastern
Iowa. Service was partially restored to people that experienced Internet
and/or cell phone service outages in several Iowa cities. A cut fiber optic
cable in central Iowa was the cause of the outages and impacted customers with
Mediacom telephone and Internet service as well as U.S. Cellular customers.
Source: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Some-Cedar-Rapids-area-Cell-Phone-Towers-Offline-207645021.html
36. May 15, WFMY 2 Greensboro – (North Carolina) Phone
outages might affect 911 service in SE Alamance County. AT&T customers
in southeastern Alamance County experienced phone outages which affected
emergency services for landline customers. Authorities are investigating the
cause of the outage and do not have an estimated time for restoration of
services. Source: http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/284872/57/SE-Alamance-Co-Experiencing-Phone-Outages
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