Complete DHS Report for February 21, 2014
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• Four people sought treatment for symptoms
while nearly 2,000 residents of Northwood, Iowa, were evacuated after a
chemical fire broke out at a fertilizer storage facility on the grounds of the
Northwood Municipal Airport February 20. – Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
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February 20, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier – (Iowa) Four seek
treatment after Northwood fire; hospital on alert for more. Nearly 2,000
residents of the city of Northwood were evacuated and a section of Highway 105
was blocked off after a chemical fire broke out at a fertilizer storage
facility located on the grounds of the Northwood Municipal Airport February 20.
Four residents were treated at an area hospital for exposure. Source: http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-four-seek-treatment-after-northwood-fire-hospital-on-alert/article_592abb8c-9a4b-11e3-9423-0019bb2963f4.html
• Phoenix-based Banner Health suffered a
widespread computer outage February 19 that forced hospitals and doctors in
several States to use a backup paper system to provide care for patients. – Arizona
Republic
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February 19, Arizona Republic – (Arizona; Colorado; Nevada) Computer
woes slam Banner hospital staffs. Phoenix-based Banner Health suffered a
widespread computer outage February 19 that forced hospitals and doctors in
Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada to use a backup paper system to provide care for
patients. The health system worked to reboot its computer systems through a
series of sequential fixes in order to restore service. Source: http://www.azcentral.com/business/consumer/articles/20140219banner-health-widespread-computer-outage.html
• The University of Maryland reported that its
records database was breached February 18 when an outside source gained access
to 309,079 personal records for faculty, staff, and students who have received
identification cards. – Washington Post
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February 19, Washington Post – (Maryland) U-Md computer security
attack exposes 300,000 records. Officials from the University of Maryland
reported that the university’s secure records database was breached February 18
when an outside source gained access to 309,079 personal records for faculty,
staff, and students who have received identification cards at the school dating
back to 1998. Authorities are investigating the breach, which included Social
Security numbers, dates of birth, and names. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/college-park-shady-grove-campuses-affected-by-university-of-maryland-security-breach/2014/02/19/ce438108-99bd-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html
• Microsoft released a security advisory and a
Fix it tool temporarily mitigating the IE zero-day vulnerability actively
exploited in attacks in the wild until a patch is released. – Help Net
Security See
item 26 below in the Information
Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
Nothing to
report
Information Technology Sector
26.
February 20, Help Net Security – (International) Microsoft issues Fix
it for critical IE 0-day exploited in attacks. Microsoft released a
security advisory and a Fix it tool temporarily mitigating the IE zero-day
vulnerability actively exploited in attacks in the wild until a patch is
released. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16392
27.
February 20, IDG News Service – (International) Cisco fixes flaws in
several products. Cisco Systems released security updates addressing
serious vulnerabilities in a range of products including its Unified Computing
System (UCS) Director, Intrusion Prevention System, Unified SIP Phone 3905, and
Firewall Services module products. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246466/Cisco_fixes_flaws_in_several_products
28.
February 20, Help Net Security – (International) Major vulnerability
in Tinder dating app allowed user tracking. Tinder issued a fix for a
vulnerability found in its app which allowed users to potentially track each
other’s exact geo-location for much of 2013. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16391
Communications Sector
Nothing to
report
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