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• Officials said June 4 that a contractor who
dumped a massive pile of dirt over several years next to an Interstate 495
bridge in Delaware may have caused the ground to shift underneath the bridge,
causing structural columns to tilt, and prompting officials to shut the bridge
down indefinitely. – Associated Press
10.
June 4, Associated Press – (Delaware) Massive dirt pile may have led
to bridge closure. Officials said June 4 that a contractor who dumped a
massive pile of dirt about two stories high and 100 yards long over several
years next to an Interstate 495 bridge in Delaware may have caused the ground
to shift underneath the bridge, causing four structural columns to tilt and
prompting officials to shut the bridge down indefinitely until repairs can be
made. Source: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Crucial-East-Coast-highway-bridge-remains-closed-5527088.php
• A security researcher identified a remotely
exploitable vulnerability in all versions of OpenSSL that could be used in a
man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to decrypt traffic between vulnerable clients
and servers. – Threatpost See item 24 below in the Information Technology Sector
• A 5-alarm fire broke out June 5 at an
apartment building in New York City’s Staten Island, injuring at least 34
people, including 23 firefighters. – WNBC 4 New York City
26.
June 5, WNBC 4 New York City – (New York) Father throws kids out
window to escape Staten Island blaze; 34 hurt: FDNY. A 5-alarm fire broke
out June 5 at an apartment building in the Rosebank neighborhood of New York
City’s Staten Island, injuring at least 34 people, including 23 firefighters.
The cause of the fire that rendered the 5-unit building uninhabitable is under
investigation. Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fire-Rosebank-Staten-Island-4-Alarm-Injuries-261933161.html
• Police are investigating after up to four
suspects broke into Gold Dimensions in Puyallup, Washington, June 1, cut
through a wall behind the store’s safe, and stole nearly $1 million in jewelry.
– KING 5 Seattle
30.
June 3, KING 5 Seattle – (Washington) "Professionals" steal
$1 million in jewelry from Puyallup store. Police are investigating after
up to four suspects broke into Gold Dimensions in Puyallup June 1, cut through
a wall behind the store’s safe, and stole nearly $1 million in jewelry. Source:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Puyallup-jewelery-store-robbed-by-professionals-261779001.html
Financial Services Sector
3. June 5, Help Net Security –
(California) American Express credit card data exposed. American Express
announced June 2 that over 76,000 cardholders in California may have had their
payment card information disclosed in a batch of payment card information
exposed by a hacktivist group in March. Many of the cards in the larger March
breach appeared to come from older leaks and not from a new breach. Source: http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=2034
4. June 5, WYFF 4 Greenville –
(South Carolina; Florida) Secret Service: Men recruited to set up ATM
skimmers in Greenville. Police in Greenville, South Carolina, arrested two
men who arrived in the area May 31 and were suspected of installing ATM skimming
devices to collect payment card data from bank ATMs in Greenville and
Spartanburg. The men admitted during an interview with U.S. Secret Service
agents to being given a list of locations to target by a man from Miami who
instructed them to place skimmers and pinhole cameras on the listed ATMs.
Source: http://www.wyff4.com/news/secret-service-men-recruited-to-set-up-atm-skimmers-in-greenville/26342786
5. June 4, Bloomberg News –
(International) Ex-ConvergEx trader charged with fraud over trade markups. A
Bermuda-based former ex-ConvergEx trader appeared before a judge in New Jersey
June 4 after being indicted for allegedly making false reports with fabricated
details about trades, causing ConvergEx clients to lose over $5.1 million.
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-04/ex-convergex-trader-charged-with-fraud-over-trade-markups.html
6. June 4, WCBS 2 New York City –
(New York) FBI: ‘Gatsby Bandit’ arrested, charged in Manhattan bank robbery.
FBI agents arrested a suspect known as the “Gatsby Bandit” June 3 and
charged him with the robbery of an HSBC Bank branch May 27 in New York City.
The suspect is also believed to be connected to three other bank robberies in
the Queens area of the city. Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/04/fbi-gatsby-bandit-arrested-charged-in-manhattan-bank-robbery/
Information Technology Sector
24. June 5, Threatpost –
(International) New OpenSSL MitM flaw affects all clients, some server
versions. A security researcher identified a remotely exploitable
vulnerability in all versions of OpenSSL that could be used in a
man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack to decrypt traffic between vulnerable clients
and servers. The researcher reported that the vulnerability appears to have
existed in OpenSSL’s code since 1998 Source: http://threatpost.com/new-openssl-mitm-flaw-affects-all-clients-some-server-versions
25. June 5, Softpedia –
(International) Skype users face security risk due to unencrypted data. Solutionary
researchers reported in the company’s May Threat Report that Skype users’
personal information and chat transcripts could be vulnerable to attackers due
to the data being kept in an unencrypted file on the local system in Windows
and Linux. The files are hidden by default but could easily be found by an
attacker. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Users-Face-Security-Risk-Due-to-Unencrypted-Data-445414.shtml
For another story, see item 8 below from the Transportation Systems
Sector
8. June 5, Nextgov – (National)
Flaw lets hackers control electronic highway billboards. The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security advised transportation operators June 4 of a
hard-coded password vulnerability discovered in Daktronics Vanguard highway
notification sign configuration software which could allow hackers to gain
unauthorized access to the highway signs. The vendor was notified and is
working to fix the issue. Source: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/06/flaw-lets-hackers-control-electronic-highway-billboards/85849/
Communications Sector
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