Monday, June 17, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for June 17, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• At least one person was killed and over
170,000 homes and businesses lost power in Virginia as severe storms swept
through the State. – Associated Press
2.
June 13, Associated Press – (Virginia)
Storm leaves 1 dead, 170K without power in Va. At least one person was
killed and over 170,000 homes and businesses lost power in Virginia as severe
storms swept through the State June 13. Source: http://www.wvec.com/news/Storm-leaves-1-dead-170K-without-power-in-Va-211475461.html
• A Hicksville, New York man pleaded guilty to
his role in a $200 million international credit card fraud scheme. – Newark
Star Ledger
See
item 6 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Two individuals were killed during
Colorado’s Black Forest wildfire that has burned 15,700 acres, destroyed 360
homes, and caused 32,000 people to evacuate. – Los Angeles Times
25.
June 13, Los Angeles Times –
(Colorado) Black Forest fire claims two lives, sets Colorado records. Two
individuals were killed while apparently trying to flee from their home during
Colorado’s Black Forest wildfire that has burned 15,700 acres, destroyed 360
homes, and caused 32,000 people to evacuate. Firefighters reached 5 percent
containment June 13. Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-colorado-fires-20130614,0,4924526.story
• A waterfront patio deck at a Miami restaurant
gave way, injuring as many as two dozen as approximately 100 people fell 5 feet
into the water. – Miami Herald
37.
June 14, Miami Herald – (Florida) At
least two dozen injured as deck collapses at Shuckers restaurant during Heat
game. A waterfront patio deck at Schuckers Waterfront Grill in Miami gave
way June 13, injuring as many as two dozen as approximately 100 people fell 5
feet into the water. Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/13/3450248/breaking-deck-collapses-at-shuckers.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
6. June 13, Newark Star-Ledger – (International) Alleged
‘leader’ in $200M credit card fraud pleads guilty in federal court. A
Hicksville, New York man pleaded guilty to his role in an international credit
card fraud scheme that allegedly involved at least 22 individuals in several
States and Pakistan who colluded to steal $200 million. Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/one_of_alleged_leaders_of_massive_200_million_credit_card_fraud_pleads_guilty_in_federal_court.html
7. June 13, Threatpost – (International) Zeus
money mule recruiting scam targets job seekers. Attackers involved in a
Zeus trojan campaign configured their variant of the banking malware to
redirect users trying to access CareerBuilder to a fake jobs Web site in an
attempt to recruit them as money mules for the fraud operation. Source: https://threatpost.com/zeus-money-mule-recruiting-scam-targets-job-seekers/
Information Technology Sector
29. June 14,
Softpedia – (International) RARSTONE RAT used in targeted attacks against
Asian organizations. Trend Micro researchers identified a cybercrime
campaign dubbed Naikon that uses the RARSTONE remote access trojan (RAT) to
take control of targets’ computers. The campaign has been seen targeting media,
energy, and government organizations in Asia and spreads through spearphishing.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/RARSTONE-RAT-Used-in-Targeted-Attacks-Against-Asian-Organizations-360843.shtml
30. June 14,
Softpedia – (International) Flash Player clickjacking flaw allows hackers
to hijack your webcam. A researcher discovered a vulnerability in Adobe’s
Flash Player that can be exploited to access a user’s webcam and microphone if
the user is using the Mac version of Chrome, Linux, Chromium, and possibly
other configurations. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Flash-Player-Clickjacking-Flaw-Allows-Hackers-to-Hijack-Your-Webcam-360980.shtml
31. June 14,
Softpedia – (International) AnonGhost claims to have hacked Mozilla
emails, company responds. Mozilla reported that 50 email addresses were
published by hackers associated with the AnonGhost group but that 16-character
strings published with them were activation codes for Mozilla blogging software
and not passwords as the hackers claimed. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anon-Ghost-Claims-to-Have-Hacked-Mozilla-Emails-Company-Responds-360887.shtml
32. June 13, Softpedia – (International) Kilim trojan
hijacks social media accounts with rogue browser extensions. Microsoft
researchers found that the Kilim trojan uses malicious Chrome browser
extensions to hijack targets’ social media accounts. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kilim-Trojan-Hijacks-Social-Media-Accounts-with-Rogue-Browser-Extensions-360678.shtml
33. June 13, Threatpost – (International) iOS 7 beta
bug enables lockscreen bypass. An iPhone user published a demonstration of
a method to bypass the lockscreen on phones running the beta version of Apple’s
iOS 7 mobile operating system. Source: https://threatpost.com/ios-7-beta-bug-enables-lockscreen-bypass/
For another story, see item 7 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
34.
June 13, KWWL 7 Iowa City – (Iowa) Land
line 911 service disrupted Thursday for Alburnett, Robins. The Enhanced
9-1-1 land line service for the cities of Alburnett and Robins was disrupted
for about an hour June 13 as maintenance workers from USA Communications worked
on a fiber optic lines. Source: http://www.kwwl.com/story/22586846/2013/06/13/landline-911-service-disrupted-tonight-for-alburnett-robins
35.
June 13, WPTZ 5 Plattsburgh – (New
York) WPTZ out for NY Charter customers, again. Charter Communications
reported a technical issue caused an outage for WPTZ TV 5 viewers that was
expected to last 4-5 hours June 13. Source: http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/plattsburgh/wptz-out-for-ny-charter-customers-again/-/9277622/20552526/-/nngsjh/-/index.html
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