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· The Pennsylvania
auditor general released a report stating that the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection’s oil and gas program was lacking due to
inconsistencies in several key tasks. – Pittsburgh Business Times
1.
July 22, Pittsburgh Business Times –
(Pennsylvania) Auditor general finds fault with DEP’s gas well oversight. The
Pennsylvania auditor general released a report stating that the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection’s oil and gas program was lacking due to
inconsistencies with cleaning up impacted water supplies, an ineffective complaint-tracking
system, and that the department could not provide assurances that shale-gas
wells were inspected in a timely manner, among other findings. The department
responded stating that recommendations presented in the audit were being
implemented. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2014/07/auditor-general-finds-fault-with-deps-gas-well.html
· Health officials
issued a warning July 22 to the public in Palolo Valley, Hawaii, to stay out of
several bodies of water and surf sites after more than 103,000 gallons of raw
sewage leaked into Palolo Steam from an intentionally clogged sewer line. – Honolulu
Star-Advertiser
18.
July 22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser –
(Hawaii) ‘Maliciously’ clogged Palolo manhole sends sewage to ocean. Health
officials issued a warning July 22 to the public in Palolo Valley to stay out
of Palolo Stream, Ala Wai Canal, Magic Island, and surf sites Bamburas, Ala
Moana Bowl, Rock pile, In Betweens, and Kaisers after more than 103,000 gallons
of raw sewage leaked into Palolo Steam from an intentionally clogged sewer
line. Authorities continued to unclog the manhole which was deliberately
plugged with clothes and tricycle parts. Source: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140722_Maliciously_clogged_Palolo_manhole_sends_sewage_to_ocean.html
· A July 22 fire at
the Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School in California caused extensive
damage to the building after a partial roof collapse. – KTLA 5 Los Angeles
20.
July 22, KTLA 5 Los Angeles –
(California) Fire causes roof collapse at Charter school in south Los
Angeles area. A July 22 fire at the Animo South Los Angeles Charter High
School in California caused extensive damage to the building after a partial
roof collapse. Green Dot Public Schools announced that a contingency plan would
be in place once classes begin August 12. Source: http://ktla.com/2014/07/22/massive-fire-causes-roof-collapse-at-los-angeles-charter-school/
· Data collected and analyzed by CloudPhysics
found that 40 percent of organizations surveyed remain vulnerable to the
Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL. – Help Net Security See item 30
below in the Information Technology
Sector
Financial Services Sector
6. July
22, WIVB 4 Buffalo – (New York; Pennsylvania) Three charged in
$850K credit card scheme. Three individuals were charged with using
information from 95 credit card accounts to allegedly make fraudulent purchases
from retail stores in Pennsylvania and New York between July 2013 and February
2014, which cost financial institutions over $850,000. One of the accused
allegedly solicited three other individuals previously charged to make the
purchases. Source: http://wivb.com/2014/07/22/three-charged-in-850k-credit-card-scheme/
7. July
22, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (International) Spanish
trader agrees to pay disgorgement and a penalty to settle insider trading case.
A Spanish citizen and former official at Banco Santander agreed to pay
around $2 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges
that he traded on inside information ahead of the public announcement that the
Banco Santander would advise and help underwrite BHP Billiton’s proposed
acquisition of Potash Corporation. The settlement includes the disgorgement of
$960,806 in illicit profits and a $960,806 in civil penalties. Source: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2014/lr23048.htm
Information Technology Sector
28. July 23, The Register – (International) Android ransomware demands 12x more
cash, targets English-speakers. Researchers at ESET identified a new
version of the Simplocker ransomware for Android that displays a fake law
enforcement ransom note in English and demands a higher ransom than previous
versions that were written in Russian and demanded payment in Ukrainian
hryvnias. The new version of the ransomware contains additional features such
as the encryption of more types of files on victims’ devices and actions that
make it more difficult to remove. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/23/android_ransomware_simplocker_revamp/
29. July 23, Securityweek – (International) Mozilla fixes 11 vulnerabilities with
release of Firefox 31. Mozilla released new versions of its Firefox Web
browser and Thunderbird email client July 22, closing 11 vulnerabilities, including
3 rated as critical. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/mozilla-fixes-11-vulnerabilities-release-firefox-31
30. July 23, Help Net Security – (International) 40% of orgs running VMware still
susceptible to Heartbleed. Data collected and analyzed by CloudPhysics
found that 57 percent of deployed VMware vCenter servers and 58 percent of ESXi
hypervisor hosts remain vulnerable to the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL,
affecting 40 percent of organizations in the CloudPhysics data set. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17159
31. July 23, Help Net Security – (International) Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
increase 100%. An analysis by Bromium Labs surveyed vulnerabilities in
popular Web browsers and common software and found that vulnerabilities in
Internet Explorer increased by more than 100 percent in the first quarter of
2014. Other findings included that Action Script Sprays were leveraged in zero
day attacks and that zero day vulnerabilities in Java have declined greatly in
the first quarter of 2014 compared to 2013. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17158
Communications Sector
32.
July 22, KQCD 7 Dickinson – (National)
Internet outage affects Midcontinent customers. About 30,000
Midcontinent Communications business and residential customers experienced a
2-hour Internet outage July 22 due to a problem with one of the cards on a
mid-ring that provides services to the network. Source: http://www.kqcd.com/story/26084497/internet-outage-affects-midcontinent-customers
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