Friday, March 21, 2014




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

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