Friday, April 18, 2014




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