Complete DHS Report for April 2, 2014
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• An explosion at the Williams Northwest
Pipeline natural gas processing facility near Plymouth, Washington, left 5
workers injured and prompted the voluntary evacuation of roughly 400 people
from nearby homes and farms while the plant emitted a cloud of black smoke
March 31. – Associated Press
2.
March 31, Associated Press – (Washington) Blast rocks Washington gas
plant; 5 workers hurt. An explosion at the Williams Northwest Pipeline
natural gas processing facility near Plymouth, Washington, left 5 workers
injured and prompted the voluntary evacuation of roughly 400 people from nearby
homes and farms while the plant emitted a cloud of black smoke March 31. The
explosion sparked a fire and punctured one of the facility’s liquefied natural
gas storage tanks, allowing a small amount of gas to leak to a containment
area. Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/31/4030349/1-hurt-in-natural-gas-blast-at.html
• General Motors announced March 31 that it is
recalling 1.3 million Chevrolet, Saturn, and Pontiac vehicles from model years
between 2004 and 2010 due to faulty power steering units. – Yahoo Autos
9. March 31, Yahoo Autos – (National) GM recalls 1.3
million cars for power steering defect already fixed once. General Motors
announced March 31 that it is recalling 1.3 million Chevrolet, Saturn, and
Pontiac vehicles from model years between 2004 and 2010 due to faulty power
steering units. The defect was the target of a previous recall that included a
smaller amount of vehicles equipped with the faulty units. Source: https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/gm-recalls-1-6-million-cars-for-power-steering-defect-already-fixed-once-205009529.html
• A fight between 2 gangs at the Hinds County
Detention Center in Raymond, Mississippi, left 1 inmate dead and at least 5
others injured March 31. – WAPT 16 Jacksonville
27.
April 1, WAPT 16 Jackson – (Mississippi) Inmate stabbed to death in
jail gang fight; Body found in cell. A fight between 2 gangs at the Hinds
County Detention Center in Raymond left 1 inmate dead and at least 5 others
injured March 31. The jail resumed accepting new inmates April 1. Source: http://www.wapt.com/news/disturbance-shuts-down-hinds-county-jail/25257500
• Researchers at Symantec reported finding 487
groups actively using the njRAT remote access trojan (RAT) for malicious uses,
with around 24,000 machines infected worldwide. – V3.co.uk See item 33
below in the Information Technology
Sector
Financial Services Sector
11. March 31, Los Angeles Times – (California) Two men
accused of trading on inside information from their wives. Two California
men accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of engaging in
insider trading using nonpublic information overheard from their spouses agreed
to settlements with the SEC to resolve the charges. A Los Gatos man agreed to
pay $300,000 to settle charges of trading on nonpublic information concerning
Oracle Corp., and Acme Packet Inc., while a San Jose man agreed to pay $280,000
over allegedly shorting Informatica stocks based on nonpublic information ahead
of an earnings report. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-two-men-accused-of-trading-on-their-wives-inside-information-20140331,0,875774.story
12. March 31, Press of Atlantic City – (New Jersey) Pair
arrested at Borgata in $500,000 credit card-fraud scheme. Two New York men
were arrested March 29 in Atlantic City and charged with running a credit card
fraud scheme that allegedly used fraudulent credit cards to purchase prepaid
debit cards, with around $500,000 in funds then deposited into the suspects’
American Express accounts. Source: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/pair-arrested-at-borgata-in-credit-card-fraud-scheme/article_ca78d95a-b8ea-11e3-a5cb-001a4bcf887a.html
13. March 31, Cherry Hill Patch – (New Jersey) Voorhees
man pleads guilty to over $1 million in insurance fraud. A former insurance
broker at Aconorate Insurance Agency in Hammonton pleaded guilty to his role in
the company’s defrauding of over $1 million from commercial liability insurance
clients by inflating premiums between June 2004 and July 2006. Source: http://cherryhill.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/voorhees-man-pleads-guilty-to-over-1-million-in-insurance-fraud
Information Technology Sector
31. April 1, Softpedia – (International) Experts unhappy
with Oracle’s Java Cloud patching process, vulnerability details published. Researchers
at Security Explorations published details of 30 vulnerabilities in Oracle Java
Cloud Service, about half of which can be used to break the Java security
sandbox. The vulnerabilities were previously reported to Oracle in January.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experts-Unhappy-with-Oracle-s-Java-Cloud-Patching-Process-Vulnerability-Details-Published-435125.shtml
32. April 1, IDG News Service – (International) CryptoDefense
ransomware leaves decryption key accessible. Symantec researchers analyzed
the CryptoDefense encryption ransomware and found that the decryption key
needed to undo the malware’s file encryption is also left on the victim’s
computer, potentially allowing victims to decrypt the files held for ransom
themselves. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247348/CryptoDefense_ransomware_leaves_decryption_key_accessible
33. April 1, V3.co.uk – (International) Middle Eastern
hackers use remote access trojan to infect 24,000 machines worldwide. Researchers
at Symantec reported finding 487 groups actively using the njRAT remote access
trojan (RAT) for malicious uses, with around 24,000 machines infected
worldwide. Symantec reported that most attacks using njRAT originate in the
Middle East and that the majority of the RAT’s command and control servers are
located in the Middle East and North Africa. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2337382/middle-eastern-hackers-use-remote-access-trojan-to-infect-24-000-machines-worldwide
34. April 1, Softpedia – (International) Email marketing
service Mad Mimi hit by DDoS attacks, blackmailed. Email marketing service
Mad Mimi reported that it was the target of a distributed denial of service
(DDoS) attack March 30, which caused intermittent issues. An attack claiming to
be behind the DDoS attack demanded a ransom to stop the attack but was refused.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Email-Marketing-Service-Mad-Mimi-Hit-by-DDOS-Attacks-Blackmailed-435152.shtml
35. March 31, SC Magazine – (International) Smartphones
at risk of malicious code injection through HTML5-based apps. Researchers
at Syracuse University published a paper detailing how HTML5-based smartphone
apps could allow for devices to be targeted with a new Cross-Device Scripting
(XDS) attack that could inject malicious code via WiFi scanning, SMS messaging,
or other means. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/smartphones-at-risk-of-malicious-code-injection-through-html5-based-apps/article/340513/
Communications Sector
Nothing
to report
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