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· Federal
agents seized more than $65 million and arrested nine individuals in connection
to an alleged drug cartel money laundering ring after executing dozens of
search warrants in the Fashion District of Los Angeles, California, September
10. – USA Today See item 7 below in the Financial Services Sector
· One person
was killed and 8 others were injured when a semi-truck crossed into oncoming
traffic on Interstate 70 near Warrenton, Missouri, September 10 and caused a
chain reaction involving 7 other vehicles, closing the roadway for 13 hours.– KMOV
4 St. Louis
8.
September 11, KMOV 4 St. Louis –
(Missouri) Victim of fatal I-70 accident identified; interstate closed for
13 hours. One person was killed and 8 others were injured when a semi-truck
crossed into oncoming traffic on Interstate 70 near Warrenton September 10 and
caused a chain reaction involving 7 other vehicles, closing the roadway for 13
hours. Source: http://www.kmov.com/news/local/WB-lanes-of-I-70-closed-near-Warrenton-exit-due-to-overturned-semi-274671421.html
· School
District 214 board members approved funding to repair Wheeling High School in
Illinois after a September 5 storm caused an estimated $5 million of damage to
the school. – WLS 7 Chicago
22.
September 11, WLS 7 Chicago –
(Illinois) Board approves funds to repair $5M storm damage at Wheeling High
School. School District 214 board members approved funding to repair
Wheeling High School in Illinois after a September 5 storm caused an estimated
$5 million of damage to the school. Source: http://abc7chicago.com/weather/board-to-vote-on-estimated-$5m-repairs-for-wheeling-high-school/303938/
· One resident
was killed and 60 others were displaced after a 2-alarm fire broke out
September 11 at the Centennial Apartment complex in Manchester, Connecticut, in
a fire that involved exploding ammunition.– WVIT 30 New Britain
33. September 11, WVIT 30 New Britain – (Massachusetts) Police ID man found dead after
Manchester fire. One resident was killed and 60 others were displaced by a
2-alarm fire that broke out September 11 at the Centennial Apartment complex in
Manchester. Officials later removed ammunition and other munitions from the
unit where the fire began, which caused explosions during an attempted rescue
by firefighters. Source: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/One-Dead-274724631.html
Financial Services Sector
7. September
11, USA Today – (International) Feds seize cash, arrest 9 in L.A.
fashion district sweep. Federal agents seized over $65 million in cash and
bank accounts while executing search and arrest warrants of individuals and
business in Los Angeles September 10 in connection to money laundering
operations linked to Mexican organized crime. The individuals and businesses
charged allegedly laundered money by converting cash into Mexican pesos,
enabling criminal groups to obfuscate the origins of their funds. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/la-money-laundering-raid/15411099/
Information Technology Sector
28. September 11, Softpedia – (International) Zemot malware dropper strain delivered
via Asprox botnet and exploit kits. Microsoft researchers analyzed the
Zemot malware dropper, a variant of Upatre, and observed that it has been
distributed through the Asprox (also known as Kuluoz) spam botnet and via
exploit kits including Magnitude and Nuclear Pack. Once it infects a system the
dropper can then deliver click fraud malware and was recently observed to
distribute information-stealing malware including Rovnix, Tesch, and Viknok.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zemot-Malware-Dropper-Strain-Delivered-Via-Asprox-Botnet-and-Exploit-Kits-458437.shtml
29. September 11, The Register – (International) TorrentLocker unpicked: Crypto coding
shocker defeats extortionists. Researchers with Nixu found that the
encryption used by the TorrentLocker ransomware to encrypt victims’ files can
be defeated if a user has an original copy of the encrypted version of a file
over 2MB in size by applying XOR between the encrypted and unencrypted files.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/torrentlocker_contains_freeunlock_crypto_shocker/
30. September 11,
Help Net Security – (International) Massive Gmail
credential leak is not result of a breach. Google investigated a dump of
Gmail credentials posted online and found that the credentials were not the
result of a breach and that less than 2 percent of the credentials might have
worked. Users were advised to change their passwords, use strong passwords, and
enable two-factor authentication if possible as a precaution. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17352
31. September 10,
Threatpost – (International) Details
disclosed for critical vulnerability patched in Webmin. A researcher with
the University of Texas published details on a critical vulnerability in Webmin
that was patched in May, showing that the vulnerability could have been used by
unauthenticated users to delete files stored on the server. Source: http://threatpost.com/details-disclosed-for-critical-vulnerability-patched-in-webmin
32. September 10,
Threatpost – (International) Apache warns
of Tomcat remote code execution vulnerability. The Apache Software
Foundation warned users of some older versions of Apache Tomcat that they are
vulnerable under limited circumstances to a vulnerability that could allow an
attacker to upload malicious JavaServer Pages (JSP) to a server, trigger the
execution of the JSP, and then execute arbitrary commands on the server. The
vulnerability affects versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.39 and users were advised to update
their installations. Source: http://threatpost.com/apache-warns-of-tomcat-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
Communications Sector
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to report