Complete DHS Report for March 20, 2014
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• Toyota Motor Corporation agreed to pay a
record $1.2 billion in fines and admit to misleading consumers as part of a
settlement with the U.S. government regarding the company’s handling of two
unintended acceleration issues. – Los Angeles Times
3.
March 19, Los Angeles Times – (National) Toyota admits misleading
regulators, pays $1.2-billion federal fine. Toyota Motor Corporation agreed
to pay a record $1.2 billion in fines and admit to misleading consumers as part
of a settlement with the U.S. government over an investigation into the
company’s handling of two unintended acceleration issues. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-toyota-billion-dollar-justice-department-settlement-20140319,0,7794824.story
• A KOMO-TV 4 Seattle, Washington, news
helicopter plummeted into an intersection near the Seattle Center campus March
18, setting three cars on fire and killing two people on board. – Associated
Press
8.
March 19, Associated Press – (Washington) Seattle looks at helipad
rules after deadly crash. Authorities are investigating after a KOMO-TV 4
Seattle news helicopter plummeted into an intersection near the Seattle Center
campus March 18, setting three cars on fire and killing two people on board. A
third person suffered extensive injuries while escaping from their burning car.
Source: http://news.msn.com/us/seattle-looks-at-helipad-rules-after-deadly-crash
• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported
March 18 that an employee took home a computer thumb drive containing personal
information of about 20,000 IRS workers, former workers, and contractors. – Associated
Press
21.
March 18, Associated Press – (National) IRS: Employee took home
personal info on 20K workers. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported
March 18 that an employee took home a computer thumb drive containing personal
information of about 20,000 IRS workers, former workers, and contractors. The
agency’s inspector general is investigating the potential breach. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/irs-employee-took-home-personal-info-on-20k-workers
• A March 18 fire at the Vivint complex in
Lindon, Utah, prompted the evacuation of 400-500 employees and left 3 people
injured. – Salt Lake Tribune
34.
March 18, Salt Lake Tribune – (Utah) Firefighter badly injured during
blaze at Lindon’s Vivint Building. Officials believe a March 18 fire at the
Vivint warehouse-and-office complex in Lindon, which prompted the evacuation of
400-500 employees, was sparked by heat tape used to prevent freezing in the
facility’s gutter system. One firefighter suffered serious injuries after a
wall collapsed, and two other individuals were treated for smoke inhalation.
Source: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57697719-78/fire-lindon-500-building.html.csp
Financial Services Sector
4.
March 19, Bloomberg News – (New York) Simpson Thacher clerk charged
in insider-trading scheme. A clerk at law firm Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP and a stockbroker who worked at Oppenheimer & Co., and Morgan
Stanley were charged by federal authorities for allegedly running an insider
trading scheme through a middleman that resulted in over $5.6 million in
illicit profits. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-19/simpson-thacher-clerk-charged-in-insider-trading-scheme.html
5.
March 19, The Register – (International) ‘Zotob’ hacker ‘Diabl0’
arrested in Bangkok after three-year hunt. A Moroccan suspected of causing
$4 billion in damages to Swiss banking systems was arrested in Thailand and
faces extradition to Switzerland. The man was previously arrested and jailed in
Morocco for spreading the Zotob worm that infected systems around the world,
including a U.S. government Web site. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/diabl0_hacker_arrested_bangkok/
6.
March 18, Carlisle Sentinel – (Pennsylvania) Another bank robbed in
South Middleton. State Police in Carlisle believe that the suspect who
robbed an M&T Bank branch in South Middleton Township March 18 was the same
suspect responsible for two bank robberies in Boiling Springs. The three
robberies also caused partial lockdowns at South Middleton School District
schools since February 27. Source: http://cumberlink.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/another-bank-robbed-in-south-middleton/article_055aeb86-aec2-11e3-96b9-0019bb2963f4.html
For
another story, see item 29 below
in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
25. March 19, Softpedia – (International) Security
researcher accidentally crashes Google Play when testing PoC app. A
security researcher uploading a proof of concept for a potential Android
vulnerability may have caused several users to be unable to upload applications
to the Google Play app market for a short time. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Researcher-Accidentally-Crashes-Google-Play-When-Testing-POC-App-432931.shtml
26. March 19, Softpedia – (International) Hacked EA server used to
host Apple phishing page. Researchers at Netcraft reported that attackers
compromised a server that hosts two Electronic Arts (EA) Web sites and used it
to host a phishing page that mimics an Apple login page. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacked-EA-Website-Used-to-Host-Apple-Phishing-Page-432977.shtml
27. March 19, Softpedia – (International) Expert finds RCE flaw in
Yahoo after logging in with “Admin/Admin” credentials. A security
researcher identified and reported a flaw in a Hong Kong subdomain of Yahoo
that allowed him to gain read/write/execute permissions by entering a default
login name and password. The issue was reported February 20 and fixed February
21. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Finds-RCE-Flaw-on-Yahoo-After-Logging-in-with-Admin-Admin-Credentials-432956.shtml
28. March 19, Softpedia – (International) Mozilla releases Firefox
28, fixes vulnerabilities presented at Pwn2Own. Mozilla released Firefox
28, the newest version of its Web browser, adding new features and closing 18
vulnerabilities identified during the Pwn2Own 2014 security competition.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mozilla-Releases-Firefox-28-Fixes-Vulnerabilities-Presented-at-Pwn2Own-432912.shtml
29. March 18, SC Magazine – (International) $30
RAT, WinSpy, involved in two phishing campaigns. FireEye researchers
identified two phishing campaigns utilizing the WinSpy remote access trojan
(RAT) and the GimmeRAT Android malware that comes packaged with the first RAT.
One campaign used spear phishing emails targeting U.S. financial institutions while
a second was an indiscriminate spam campaign. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/30-rat-winspy-involved-in-two-phishing-campaigns/article/338770/
For another story, see item 5 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
30.
March 19, Erie Times-News– (Pennsylvania) Erie’s WQLN goes out
Tuesday night, more outages likely. Erie’s public broadcasting affiliate
WQLN-TV 54 experienced an over-the-air transmission outage March 18 due to a
transmission problem. Officials reported that additional outages were expected
March 19-20 while a replacement part is installed. Source:
http://www.goerie.com/article/20140319/NEWS02/303199908/Erie's-WQLN-goes-out-Tuesday-night-more-outages-likely
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