Complete DHS Report for April 18, 2014
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• The Portland Water Bureau announced April 16
that it will flush 38 million gallons of water from Mt. Tabor Reservoir 5 after
a man urinated in the city’s drinking supply. – Portland Oregonian
15.
April 17, Portland Oregonian –
(Oregon) Portland will flush 38 million gallons of water after man urinates
in Mt. Tabor Reservoir. The Portland Water Bureau announced April 16 that
it will flush 38 million gallons of water from Mt. Tabor Reservoir 5 after a
man urinated in the city’s drinking supply. Officials turned off the pipes that
carry water to and from Reservoir 5 after security officers who monitor the
reservoir caught the man on camera. Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/portland_will_flush_38_million.html
• A Monterey Park Fire Department fire engine
and an Alhambra Fire Department ladder truck collided April 16 in Monterey
Park, California, leaving 6 firefighters and 9 civilians injured. – San
Gabriel Valley Tribune
20.
April 17, San Gabriel Valley Tribune –
(California) Monterey Park fire truck collision injures 15, one critically. A
Monterey Park Fire Department fire engine and an Alhambra Fire Department
ladder truck collided April 16 in a Monterey Park intersection, sending the
fire truck crashing into Lu Dumpling House and leaving 6 firefighters and 9
civilians injured. Source: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20140416/monterey-park-fire-truck-collision-injures-15-one-critically
• About 500-700 homes and businesses in
Solvang, California, were evacuated for over 8 hours after a potentially
explosive military device was reported to Santa Barbara County officials April
16. – KNBC 4 Los Angeles
26.
April 17, KNBC 4 Los Angeles –
(California) Hundreds return home after explosives scare in Solvang. About
500-700 homes and businesses in Solvang were evacuated after a potentially
explosive military device, described as military ordnance, was reported to
Santa Barbara County officials April 16. The evacuation order was lifted over 8
hours later after authorities removed the device and deemed it safe. Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Explosives-Scare-in-SoCal-Tourist-Town-Prompts-Hundreds-of-Evacuations-255601571.html
• Officials are investigating a 6-alarm fire
that broke out at an apartment building near the Central Square area of
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 17 and left about 100 residents displaced. – Boston
Globe (See item 27)
27. April 17, Boston Globe – (Massachusetts) Six-alarm fire in Cambridge displaces
100 people. Officials are investigating a 6-alarm fire that broke out at an
apartment building near the Central Square area of Cambridge April 17 and left
about 100 residents displaced. Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/17/cambridge/p2KojxDOH1OgFuPdTThoII/story.html
Financial Services Sector
6. April
16, KABC 7 Los Angeles – (California) ‘Luger Bandit’ bank robbery
suspect caught. A suspect thought to be the “Luger Bandit” was arrested
April 16 in Chino following a robbery of a Chase Bank branch. The man is
thought to be responsible for at least eight bank robberies in Los Angeles, San
Bernardino, and Riverside counties Source: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=9506708
7. April
16, WITI 6 Milwaukee – (Wisconsin) Waterford woman indicted for
wire, mail & credit card fraud. A Waterford, Wisconsin woman was
indicted April 16 on wire, mail, and credit card fraud charges for allegedly
defrauding her employer, Industrial Electric Wire & Cable, by fraudulently
obtaining company checks and credit cards and using them to steal over $1.9 million.
She is also accused of fraudulently obtaining a $68,000 loan as part of the
alleged scheme. Source: http://fox6now.com/2014/04/16/waterford-woman-indicted-for-wire-mail-credit-card-fraud/
For another story, see item 21
below in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
21. April 17, Softpedia – (International) Java RAT UNRECOM mines for Litecoins,
infects Android devices. Researchers at Trend Micro analyzed a new version
of the UNRECOM remote access trojan (RAT) and found that it is being
distributed via spam emails in order to compromise Android and other devices.
The RAT contains the ability to take screenshots, mine for the Litecoin virtual
currency, and can add additional plugins to itself, among other functions.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Java-RAT-UNRECOM-Mines-for-Litecoins-Infects-Android-Devices-438191.shtml3
22. April 17, Help Net Security – (International) Tor relays vulnerable to Heartbleed
dropped from anonymity network. The leader of the Tor Project stated that
the Tor anonymity network could temporarily lose around 12 percent of exit
capacity and guard capacity after the network began rejecting relays and
bridges that are still vulnerable to the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL.
Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16708
23. April 17, Help Net Security – (International) Attackers use reflection techniques
for larger DDoS attacks. Akamai released a global distributed denial of
service (DDoS) attack report, which found that attackers in the first quarter
of 2014 favored using reflection and amplification techniques to conduct DDoS
attacks, rather than relying on traditional botnets. The report found that the
most abused protocols were Character Generator (CHARGEN), Network Time Protocol
(NTP), and Domain Name System (DNS.) Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16707
24. April 16, Softpedia – (International) 65% of US organizations experienced
SQL injection attacks, study finds. A report by the Ponemon Institute for
DB Networks found that 65 percent of 595 U.S. security professionals surveyed
reported experiencing SQL injection attacks during the past 12 months. The
study also found that it took an average of 140 days to discover a breach and
another 68 days to remediate the issue, among other findings. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/65-of-US-Organizations-Experienced-SQL-Injection-Attacks-Study-Finds-438048.shtml
Communications Sector
25.
April 16, Northland’s NewsCenter –
(Wisconsin) CenturyLink phone service down across Twin Ports due to cut
fiber cable. CenturyLink customers experienced a loss in phone service
between Superior and Duluth for several hours April 16 when a fiber cable was
accidentally cut in Superior. Source: http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/CenturyLink-phone-service-down-across-Twin-Ports-due-to-cut-fiber-cable-255517281.html