Complete DHS Report for March 21, 2014
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• A truck spilled 300 gallons of potassium
hydroxide and 300 gallons of phosphoric acid March 19, prompting officials to
close Butterfield Road for about 5 hours and Route 60 in Lake County, Illinois,
for nearly 8 hours while crews investigated and cleaned up the spill. – Lake
County News-Sun
7.
March 20, Lake Country News-Sun – (Illinois) Roads closed due to
hazardous materials spill. A truck spilled two tanks containing 300 gallons
of potassium hydroxide and two tanks containing 300 gallons of phosphoric acid
March 19, prompting officials to close Butterfield Road for about 5 hours and Route
60 in Vernon Hills, Lake County for nearly 8 hours while crews investigated and
cleaned up the spill. Source: http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/26309025-418/roads-closed-due-to-hazardous-materials-spill.html
• A March 18 break in a force main released
50,000 gallons of raw domestic wastewater into the Mississippi River near
Clinton, Iowa. – Associated Press
16.
March 20, Associated Press – (Iowa) Pipe break sends 50,000 gallons
of wastewater into Mississippi River. Crews removed 4,500 gallons of
wastewater after a March 18 break in a force main released 50,000 gallons of
raw domestic wastewater into the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa. The Iowa
Department of Natural Resources is monitoring the situation and do not believe
dilution will pose a threat. Source: http://qctimes.com/news/local/pipe-break-sends-gallons-of-wastewater-into-mississippi-river/article_05923b08-b01c-11e3-9e71-001a4bcf887a.html
• Crews worked to repair a 30-inch broken
sewer main in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, that spilled at least 5
million gallons of raw sewage into the Valley Forge Park creek when it ruptured
March 18. – WPVI 6 Philadelphia
18.
March 19, WPVI 6 Philadelphia – (Pennsylvania) Work continues on
repairs to Valley Forge Park sewer main. Crews worked to repair a 30-inch
broken sewer main in Tredyffrin Township that spilled at least 5 million
gallons of raw sewage into the Valley Forge Park creek when it ruptured March
18. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9470771
• Symantec researchers analyzed a new version
of the Darlloz Linux worm and found that it has infected over 31,000
Internet-enabled devices and computers running x86 architectures. – Help Net
Security See
item 26 below in the Information
Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
5.
March 20, Lincoln Journal Star – (Nebraska; Nevada) FDIC, ex-TierOne
execs settle for $6.5 million. Former officials of the failed TierOne Bank
based in Lincoln, Nebraska, agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation over their alleged negligence and
breaches of duty in lending to Las Vegas real estate projects that contributed
to the bank’s failure. Source: http://journalstar.com/business/local/fdic-ex-tierone-execs-settle-for-million/article_6360ae18-8746-591c-9280-f60fffb14a03.html
For
another story, see item 28 below
in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
25. March 20, Softpedia – (International) Tor Browser in
Apple’s App Store contains adware and spyware. Representatives of the Tor
Project stated that a fake Tor Browser app in the Apple App Store contains
adware and spyware and that it has been present since December 2013. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tor-Browser-in-Apple-s-App-Store-Contains-Adware-and-Spyware-433152.shtml
26. March 20, Help Net Security – (International) Over
31,000 IoT devices and computers infected by cryptocoin-mining worm. Symantec
researchers analyzed a new version of the Darlloz Linux worm and found that it
has infected over 31,000 Internet-enabled devices and computers running x86
architectures. The main use for the new version of Darlloz was found to be
mining for virtual currencies such as Dogecoin and Mincoin. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2740
27. March 20, Softpedia – (International) 21-year-old
Australian arrested for hacking US online gaming company. Australian
authorities arrested a man March 19 and charged him with breaking into the
systems of a U.S.-based gaming company, hijacking the game developer’s Twitter
account, and using stolen data to set up a Web site that charged access to
search players’ IP addresses for use in distributed denial of service (DDoS)
attacks. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/21-Year-Old-Australian-Arrested-for-Hacking-US-Online-Gaming-Company-433176.shtml
28. March 20, Threatpost – (International) New Zorenium
bot boasts ability to run on iOS. Researchers at Terrogence analyzed a
relatively-new piece of malware called Zorenium that is able to run on iOS,
Windows, and Linux devices and contains several capabilities including banking
trojan functionality, form-grabbing, and Bitcoin mining. Source: http://threatpost.com/new-zorenium-bot-boasts-ability-to-run-on-ios/104901
29. March 19, Softpedia – (International) Oracle
releases Java 8, several security improvements included. Oracle released
Java SE 8 and JDK 8, making several security improvements such as stronger
algorithms for Password-Based Encryption and better support for high entropy
random number generators. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Releases-Java-8-Several-Security-Improvements-Included-433097.shtml
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
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