Wednesday, June 25, 2014




Complete DHS Report for June 25, 2014

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 • The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges June 23 against Weston Capital Asset Management LLC and its founder and president for allegedly moving $17 million from a hedge fund they managed to another business without informing investors. – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission See item 4 below in the Financial Services Sector

 • 40,000 pounds of flour was discarded after the semi-truck transporting it crashed into a railroad bridge in San Antonio, Texas, June 23, halting train traffic for several hours and closing a local roadway for at least 10 hours. – KSAT 12 San Antonio

5. June 24, KSAT 12 San Antonio – (Texas) Flour truck crashes into railroad bridge near Brackenridge HS. A semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of flour crashed into a railroad bridge in San Antonio June 23, stopping train traffic in both directions for several hours and a closing a local roadway for at least 10 hours. The food products on the semi-truck were discarded due to contamination concerns caused by exposure during the accident. Source: http://www.ksat.com/news/flour-truck-crashes-into-railroad-bridge-near-brackenridge-hs/26634468

 • The collision of two semi-trucks and a vehicle caused northbound Highway 99 near Tulare, California, to close for nearly 12 hours June 20 – 21. – Porterville Recorder

6. June 23, Porterville Recorder – (California) Crash causes Highway 99 closure. The collision of two semi-trucks and a vehicle caused northbound Highway 99 near Tulare to shut down for nearly 12 hours June 20 – 21. No injuries were reported. Source: http://www.recorderonline.com/news/crash-causes-highway-closure/article_3deeae74-faf8-11e3-a2c1-001a4bcf6878.html

 • Wright State University officials canceled classes June 23 after 10 buildings on the Fairborn, Ohio campus were evacuated when a 2-liter bottle of acetic acid accidentally spilled in a laboratory inside of one of the buildings. – WRGT 45 Dayton 

18. June 23, WRGT 45 Dayton – (Ohio) Some activities will resume today following Wright State acid spill. Wright State University officials announced June 23 that classes were canceled after 10 buildings on the Fairborn campus were evacuated when a 2-liter bottle of acetic acid accidentally spilled in a lab located in the basement of one of the buildings. One person was transported to a local hospital after inhaling some of the fumes from the spill. Source: http://www.fox45now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wrgt_vid_20798.shtml

Financial Services Sector

3. June 23, Los Angeles Times – (California) Hypnotist Bandit strikes in Manhattan Beach, fourth bank in a month. Police in Los Angeles linked a suspect known as the “Hypnotist Bandit” to the June 20 robbery of a Bank of America branch in Manhattan Beach, making it the fourth robbery connected to the suspect. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hypnotist-bandit-strikes-manhattan-beach-20140623-story.html

4. June 23, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (Florida) SEC charges hedge fund advisory firm and others in south Florida-based scheme to misuse investor proceeds. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges June 23 against Weston Capital Asset Management LLC and its founder and president for allegedly moving $17 million from a hedge fund they managed to another business without informing investors. The founder, his former general counsel, and his son then allegedly received $750,000 from the second business and used $3.5 million to pay down a loan from another fund. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370542137996

Information Technology Sector

21. June 24, IDG News Service – (International) New Havex malware variants target industrial control system and SCADA users. Researchers with F-Secure reported June 23 that attackers have been distributing new versions of the Havex remote access trojan (RAT) by compromising industrial control system (ICS) manufacturers’ Web sites and adding the RAT to legitimate software downloads. The researchers did not name the manufacturers but stated that they are based in Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2367241/new-havex-malware-variants-target-industrial-control-system-and-scada-users.html

22. June 24, Threatpost – (International) Researchers go inside HackingTeam mobile malware, command infrastructure. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab and the University of Toronto reported findings of research into the Remote Control System (RCS) or Galileo malware created and sold by the HackingTeam company to various governments and law enforcement agencies, including the malware’s command and control (C&C) infrastructure and mobile malware components for Android and iOS devices. The researchers also found that the majority of the C&C servers were hosted in

23. June 24, The Register – (International) Comcast Xfinity evil twin steals subscriptions. A researcher at LogRhythm Labs demonstrated how an attacker could compromise Comcast Xfinity accounts by creating a malicious hotspot that mimics Comcast customer-run hotspots, and that Comcast customer devices would automatically connect to. The malicious hotspot then presents a legitimate-looking login page that collects a customer’s login and password. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/24/comcast_xfinity_evil_twin_steals_subcriptions/

Communications Sector

24. June 24, WYFF 4 Greenville – (South Carolina) Outage hits Keowee Key 911, Internet, landlines. Residents in the Oconee County area experienced an AT&T landline and Internet outage June 24 that was expected to last through June 26 according to Oconee officials. Cell phone service was not affected. Source: http://www.wyff4.com/news/outage-hits-keowee-key-911-internet-landlines/26634064

For another story, see item 23 above in the Information Technology Sector