Complete DHS Daily Report for October 29, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Federal authorities seized a bitcoin wallet
containing $28 million in bitcoins belonging to the man accused of running the
Silk Road online black market. – CNN See item 8 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• Authorities arrested a man boarding a flight
to Los Angeles from Montreal’s Trudeau airport, after allegedly finding a powder-like
substance in his carry-on luggage which delayed flights to the U.S. October 27.
– Niagara Falls Review
11.
October 27, Niagara Falls Review –
(International) Suspicious package at Montreal airport leads to arrest,
delays flights. Authorities arrested a man after allegedly finding a
powder-like substance in his carry-on luggage at the Montreal's Trudeau
airport, while he was boarding a flight to Los Angeles, which delayed 16
flights to the U.S. and caused a nearly 5 hour evacuation of a neighborhood in
LaSalle October 27. Source: http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2013/10/27/suspicious-package-at-montreal-airport-delays-us-flights
• Crews began work the week of October 21 on a
$1.5 billion, multi-year project designed to repair a critical underground
aqueduct leading to New York City which leaks 15-35 million gallons of water a
day. – Associated Press
26.
October 25, Associated Press – (New
York) $1.5B project to fix aqueduct serving NYC begins. Crews began work
the week of October 21 on a $1.5 billion, multi-year project designed to repair
a critical underground aqueduct leading to New York City which leaks 15-35
million gallons of water a day. The 85 mile long Delaware Aqueduct transports
water from upstate New York to New York City, and the project is part of a
larger plan to repair the region’s aging water supply system. Source: http://www.njherald.com/story/23788729/15b-project-to-fix-aqueduct-serving-nyc-begins
• Crews reached full containment October 24 of
California’s Rim Fire after it burned 257,314 acres in and around Yosemite
National Park and destroyed several structures. – San Francisco Bay City
News
38.
October 25, San Francisco Bay City News –
(California) Rim Fire in Yosemite fully contained this week. Crews
reached full containment October 24 of California’s Rim Fire after it burned
257,314 acres in and around Yosemite National Park, destroyed 11 homes, 3
commercial properties, and 98 outbuildings. The fire, which started August 17,
is estimated to cost more than $127 million. Source: http://sanbruno.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/rim-fre-in-yosemite-fully-contained-this-week
Details
Banking and Finance Sector
4. October 28, Softpedia – (International) 4
Dutch men arrested for allegedly using TorRAT to plunder bank accounts. Authorities
in the Netherlands arrested four individuals charged with allegedly using the
TorRAT remote access trojan and other Tor-based services to perform around 150
fraudulent online banking transactions, steal around $1.4 million, and launder
the stolen money. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/4-Dutch-Men-Arrested-for-Allegedly-Using-TorRAT-to-Plunder-Bank-Accounts-394827.shtml
5. October 28, IDG News Service – (International) ATM
malware may spread from Mexico to English-speaking world. Researchers at
Symantec found that the Ploutus banking malware previously used to empty ATMs
in Mexico has been translated into English. Two versions made for operating on
different ATMs were identified, with the malware spread via manually inserting
a CD boot disk into an ATM. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/102813-atm-malware-may-spread-from-275276.html
6. October 26, Chicago Sun-Times – (Illinois) Suburban
man indicted in $5.5 million fraud scheme. A grand jury in Chicago indicted
two men for allegedly running a Ponzi-like scheme that defrauded about 25
investors of at least $5.5 million. Source: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23357801-418/suburban-man-indicted-in-55-million-fraud-scheme.html
7. October 26, Savannah Morning News – (Georgia) Former
bank officer pleads guilty in First National fraud. A former officer of the
failed First National Bank pleaded guilty before a court in Savannah October 25
to a charge of bank fraud. The failure of the bank in 2010 cost the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation more than $90 million, according to prosecutors.
Source: http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-10-25/former-bank-officer-pleads-guilty-first-national-fraud
8. October 25, CNN – (International) Feds seize
$28 million in bitcoins from alleged Silk Road operator. Federal
authorities seized a bitcoin wallet containing $28 million in bitcoins
belonging to the man accused of running the Silk Road online black market.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/25/news/economy/bitcoins-silk-road/
Information Technology Sector
43.
October 28, Help Net Security –
(International) Researchers sinkhole several Cryptolocker C&Cs. Researchers
at Kaspersky Labs were able to sinkhole three domains serving as command and
control (C&C) servers used by the Cryptolocker ransomware. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2613
44.
October 28, Softpedia –
(International) Buffer hacked, attackers send out spam via customer
accounts. Hackers were able to compromise systems belonging to social media
scheduling service Buffer October 26, sending out spam messages through
customers’ Twitter and Facebook accounts. Facebook reported that 30,000 of its
customers with connected Buffer accounts were affected. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buffer-Hacked-Attackers-Send-Out-Spam-via-Customer-Accounts-394698.shtml
45.
October 28, The Register –
(International) IBM warns Storwize arrays can DELETE ALL DATA. IBM
warned owners of its Storwize arrays, Flex System V7000, and SAN Volume
Controllers that administrator access could be obtained without authentication
using vulnerabilities in Apache Struts, allowing an unauthorized user to make
modifications to the configuration, including deleting all data. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/ibm_storwize_arrays_at_risk_of_complete_deletion/
46.
October 28, The Register – (International)
Tenda seals shut router backdoor found by D-Link hole-prober. Tenda
released a patch that closes a backdoor vulnerability in three models of
routers that could be used to take over a router and execute commands using a
UDP packet with a special string. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/tenda_bricksup_router_backdoor/
For another story, see item 4 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
47.
October 28, WCPO 9 Cincinnati – (Ohio)
Cincinnati Bell reports most video issues fixed. Cincinnati Bell
reported October 27 that the majority of the problems with its CBT Fioptics TV
network have been repaired and alerted customers to solutions for partial
restoration of service. The sporadic outage problem stemmed from a program
guide that did not connect to customer’s set-top boxes and affected phone and
Internet services. Source: http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/cincinnati-bell-reports-video-service-issues-across-tri-state