Complete DHS Report for March
23, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Authorities
arrested a woman in Hartford March 19 after she escaped from prison and
allegedly robbed 5 banks in Connecticut during a 2-week period in February. – WVIT
30 New Britain See item 5 below in
the Financial Services Sector
· U.S.
Highway 26 in Clackamas County, Oregon, was closed for about 15 hours March 19
while authorities investigated an explosion near a car parked along the highway
that killed 1 person. – KATU 2 Portland
8. March
20, KATU 2 Portland – (Oregon) One dead, explosion on Highway 26
near Welches. U.S. Highway 26 in the Rhododendron area of Clackamas County,
Oregon, was closed for about 15 hours March 19 while authorities investigated
an explosion near a car parked along the highway that killed 1 person. The area
was rendered clear after a bomb squad found no further threats or explosives at
the scene, and residue from the blast was sent to a lab to determine if it is
explosive material or from an improvised explosive device. Source: http://www.katu.com/news/local/Highway-26-closed-for-report-of-explosion-296906581.html
· At least
12 Indianapolis businesses remained without power March 20 after a series of
underground explosions March 19 knocked out service and prompted the evacuation
of residents from the Senate Manor apartment complex. – WISH 8 Indianapolis
23. March 20,
WISH 8 Indianapolis – (Indiana) Downtown explosions cause businesses to close,
apartments to evacuate. At least 12 downtown Indianapolis businesses
remained without power March 20 after a series of underground utility
explosions March 19 knocked out service in the area. The explosions also
prompted the evacuation of dozens of residents from the Senate Manor apartment
complex for several hours when the building lost power and suffered a carbon
monoxide leak due to the blasts’ impact. Source: http://wishtv.com/2015/03/19/downtown-blast-forces-businesses-to-close-and-apartments-to-evacuate/
· A
suspect was arrested after a 4-hour search for allegedly killing 1 individual
and wounding 5 others in a March 18 shooting rampage that started at the Tri
City Inn motel in Mesa, Arizona, and spread to a nearby restaurant and 2
apartment complexes. – Reuters
24. March 19, Reuters – (Arizona) Suspect in
fatal Arizona shooting rampage appears in court. Authorities arrested and
charged a suspect that is accused of killing 1 individual and wounding 5 others
in a March 18 shooting rampage that started at the Tri City Inn motel in Mesa,
Arizona, and spread to a nearby restaurant and 2 apartment complexes in the
area. The suspect was captured inside a vacant condominium following a 4-hour
search by police. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/19/us-usa-arizona-shooting-idUSKBN0MF2BE20150319
Financial Services Sector
4. March
19, USA Today – (National) BNY Mellon to pay $714M to settle
currency suits. The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) agreed March 19 to a $714
million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the State of New York,
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, and
private investors to resolve allegations that the bank had misrepresented
pricing to its clients in foreign exchange markets for years by claiming to
provide them with the best rates while giving them the worst margin prices
instead. The bank’s own rates became more favorable and profitable from the
difference between the higher rates assigned to customers and their own foreign
exchange trade rates. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/03/19/bny-mellon-foreign-exchange-settlement/25034111/
5. March
19, WVIT 30 New Britain – (Connecticut) Woman charged in string
of bank robberies. Authorities arrested a woman in Hartford March 19 after
she escaped from prison and allegedly robbed 5 banks in Wallingford, East
Hartford, Wethersfield, Vernon, and Cromwell during a 2-week period in
February. Authorities were able to link her to the crimes after she left behind
a pair of gloves and a bag of stolen cash. Source: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Suspected-Female-Serial-Bank-Robber-in-Custody-Sources-296849551.html
Information Technology Sector
20. March 19,
Softpedia – (International) Zero-days for Firefox, IE 11, Adobe’s Flash
and Reader exploited at Pwn2Own 2015. Security researchers leveraged
multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to exploit 13 undisclosed bugs in Adobe’s
Flash and Reader, Mozilla’s Firefox, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11 to
take control of compromised systems through various methods which included,
heap overflow remote code execution, a cross-origin vulnerability, and a
use-after-free (UAF) remote code execution, among others at Hewlett Packard and
Google Project Zero’s Pwn2Own hacking competition. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zero-Days-for-Firefox-IE-11-Adobe-s-Flash-and-Reader-Exploited-at-Pwn2Own-2015-476239.shtml
21. March 19,
Softpedia – (International) OpenSSL’s undisclosed high-severity issue is
far from FREAK, POODLE, or Heartbleed. OpenSSL released an update for its
cryptographic library addressing one high severity denial-of-service (DoS)
vulnerability affecting version 1.0.2 that could allow a NULL pointer
dereference to occur. The update also addressed a number of other moderate
vulnerabilities affecting several OpenSSL versions including segmentation
faults and an issue with processing Base64 encoded data. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/OpenSSL-s-Undisclosed-High-Severity-Issue-Is-Far-from-FREAK-POODLE-or-Heartbleed-476254.shtml
22. March 19,
IDG News Service – (International) At least 700,000 routers given to customers
by ISPs are vulnerable to hacking. A security researcher discovered that
over 700,000 ADSL routers, mostly running firmware from the China-based
Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics, doing business as T&W trademark, and
distributed to customers from internet service providers (ISPs) worldwide, contain
directory transversal flaws in their firmware that could allow attackers to
extract sensitive data and change router configuration settings. The researcher
notified the firmware developer, affected device vendors, and the U.S. Computer
Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2899733/security/at-least-700000-routers-given-to-customers-by-isps-are-vulnerable-to-hacking.html#tk.rss_all
Communications Sector
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