Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for June 18, 2013
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• Encana Corp. enacted a precautionary
shutdown 32 natural gas wells in central Colorado due to a nearby wildfire. – Associated
Press
3.
June 14, Associated Press – (Colorado)
Encana shuts down 32 gas wells due to wildfires. As a precaution, Encana
Corp. shut down 32 natural gas wells in central Colorado due to a nearby
wildfire. WPX Energy has also shut down two of their wells as a preventative
measure. Source: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23461055/encana-shuts-down-32-gas-wells-due-wildfires
• An explosion at the Donaldson Nitrogen
Complex in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, killed one worker and injured seven
others. – Associated Press
4.
June 15, Associated Press –
(Louisiana) Police: OSHA to join investigation of 2nd La. plant explosion; 1
person killed, 7 injured. An explosion at the Donaldson Nitrogen Complex in
Donaldsonville killed one worker and injured seven others June 14. Louisiana
State Police described the cause as a failure of a gas distribution manifold.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/police-several-injured-in-2nd-la-chemical-plant-explosion-in-2-days/2013/06/14/cd1f41be-d559-11e2-b3a2-3bf5eb37b9d0_story.html
• Authorities confiscated records, computer
equipment, and prescription drugs from a clinic in Longwood, Florida, after a
two-year investigation, spurred by complaints the facility may be a pill mill.
– WFTV 9 Orlando
17.
June 14, WFTV 9 Orlando – (Florida) DEA
raids pain clinic in possible pill mill investigation. Florida authorities
confiscated paper records, computer equipment, and prescription drugs from the
Professional Pain Clinic in Longwood June 14. The clinic was under a two-year
investigation after agents received complaints the facility may be a pill mill.
Source: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/dea-raids-pain-clinic-possible-pill-mill-investiga/nYLQy/
• Firefighters in Colorado were battling
several wildfires throughout the State, including the Black Forest fire near
Colorado Springs that burned 16,000 acres and 483 structures. – CNN
18.
June 17, CNN – (Colorado) Federal
investigators called in as Colorado firefighters make progress. Firefighters
in Colorado were battling several wildfires throughout the State, including the
Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs that burned 16,000 acres and 483
structures before crews reached 65 percent contained June 16. The Royal Gorge
fire scorched over 3,200 acres before it was fully contained, and the Big
Meadows fire burned hundreds of acres and continues to threaten the Rocky
Mountain National Park. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/17/us/colorado-fires/?hpt=hp_t2
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Banking and Finance Sector
7. June 14, Federal Bureau of Investigation –
(California) Former employee of brokerage firm in Bakersfield pleads guilty
to $6M mortgage fraud scheme. Two individuals from Bakersfield, one a
former mortgage brokerage employee, pleaded guilty to working with three others
to defraud lenders of $6 million by submitting fraudulent information on loan
applications. Source: http://www.loansafe.org/brokerage-firm-mortgage-fraud-scheme
Information Technology Sector
23. June 17,
Softpedia – (International) Spammers use black hat SEO to inject
jailbreak scams into Google News. Researchers from F-Secure discovered a
spam campaign utilizing search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to inject
links to phone jailbreak scams into Google News threads related to iOS. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spammers-Use-Black-Hat-SEO-to-Inject-Jailbreak-Scams-into-Google-News-361441.shtml
24. June 15,
Softpedia – (International) Trojan uses fake Adobe certificate to evade
detection. Symantec researchers found that the Backdoor.Trojan malware
utilizes a fake digital certificate claiming to be from Adobe in an effort to
trick users into running it. The trojan itself can perform various
information-stealing tasks. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Trojan-Uses-Fake-Adobe-Certificate-to-Evade-Being-Detected-361261.shtml
25. June 14,
SC Magazine – (International) Bad Pigs removed from Google Play after 10k
users download bogus app. Google removed from its Google Play store a
malicious app that imitated a legitimate game and was installed more than
10,000 times. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com//bad-pigs-removed-from-google-play-after-10k-users-download-bogus-app/article/298850/
Communications Sector
26.
June 14, Jackson County Floridan –
(Florida) Copper thief who knocked Marianna radio station off air gets 10
years. A man responsible for the theft of copper which knocked WJAQ radio
tower off the air in March was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The stolen
copper lines were unique to the radio tower, which helped investigators
apprehend the thief. Source: http://www.jcfloridan.com/news/article_0ef1b0c4-d54e-11e2-a581-001a4bcf6878.html
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