Complete DHS Report for
July 22, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Southbound lanes of Highway 48 in Montgomery
County, Tennessee reopened July 20 after being closed for about 7 hours after a
semi-truck hauling 26,000 pounds of cement overturned and spilled fuel onto the
highway. – Newschannel5.com
9. July 20, Newschannel5.com
– (Tennessee) Highway 48 reopens near Clarksville after
semi-truck overturns. Southbound lanes of Highway 48 in Montgomery County
reopened July 20 after being closed for approximately 7 hours after a
semi-truck hauling 26,000 pounds of cement overturned and caused fuel to leak
onto the highway. Crews responded to the scene and the driver was extracted
from the vehicle with minor injuries. Source: http://www.scrippsmedia.com/newschannel5/news/Overturned-Semi-Truck-Blocks-Highway-149-Near-Clarksville-317518261.html
· Microsoft released an update addressing
a critical remote code execution vulnerability with the OpenType Font Driver in
the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library that was being exploited in the wild. – Network
World See item 22 below in the Information Technology Sector
· Findings from a survey of over 600
critical infrastructure information technology professionals revealed that
about half of all respondents believe an attack on critical infrastructure in
the next 3 years will down systems. – SC Magazine See item 23 below in the Information Technology Sector
· Thousands of BendBroadband customers
were without Internet, TV, and phone services for almost 10 hours July 20 after
an accident in Bend, Oregon damaged a fiber-optic data line. – KTVZ 21 Bend See item 24 below in the Communications Sector
Financial Services Sector
7. July 20,
Bay News 13 Orlando – (Florida) Skimming devices found at 3 ATM machines in
Seminole. Seminole County authorities reported that ATM skimming devices
were installed at three locations in early July, and an investigation is
ongoing to locate suspects.
Information Technology Sector
21. July 21,
Securityweek – (International) Configuration issue exposes 30,000 MongoDB
instances: researcher. The founder of the Shodan computer search engine
reported that a default listening configuration in MongoDB exposed about 30,000
database instances containing 592.2 terabytes (TB) of data. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/configuration-issue-exposes-30000-mongodb-instances-researcher
22. July 20,
Network World – (International) Microsoft issues critical out-of –band patch
for flaw affecting all Windows versions. Microsoft released an update
addressing a critical remote code execution vulnerability (RCE) with the
OpenType Font Driver in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library affecting all
supported versions of Windows that was being exploited in the wild. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2949910/microsoft-subnet/microsoft-issues-critical-out-of-band-patch-for-flaw-affecting-all-windows-versions.html#tk.rss_all
23. July 20,
SC Magazine – (International) Study: half of critical infrastructure IT
professionals believe major attack looming. Findings from a survey of over
600 critical infrastructure information technology (IT) professionals in Intel
Security’s “Critical Infrastructure Readiness Report” revealed that about half
of all respondents believe an attack on critical infrastructure in the next
three years will down systems and lead to loss of life, and that 90 percent of
respondents’ organizations faced an average of 20 attacks in the last year,
among other statistics. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/intel-security-conducts-cyberattack-survey/article/427429/
For additional stories, see
item 4 below from the Critical
Manufacturing Sector and item 20 below from the Government Facilities Sector
4. July 21,
Network World – (National) Car hackers urge you to patch your Chrysler, Ram,
Durango, or Jeep. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles released a manual service
bulletin July 16 for various model year 2013 and 2014 Ram, Cherokee, Grand
Cherokee, Durango, and Viper vehicles running Uconnect systems addressing
vulnerabilities that could have allowed unauthorized and unlawful access to
vehicle systems.
20. July 20,
Nextgov – (National) OPM changes privacy rules to let investigators
inside all databases. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced
July 16 updated privacy regulations for routine use, granting access for
investigators to all its databases in the case of suspected or confirmed
security breaches. The public has until August 17 to comment on these changes
in confidentiality. Source: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/07/opm-changes-privacy-rules-let-investigators-inside-all-databases/118105/
Communications Sector
24. July 20,
KTVZ 21 Bend – (Oregon) Monday woes: Bend crash cuts Internet, TV to
thousands. Thousands of BendBroadband customers were without Internet, TV
and phone services for up to 10 hours July 20 after an accident in northeast
Bend damaged a fiber-optic data line. Crews worked to repair the outage but
numerous businesses and government customers were affected, including the
Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, which closed 4 Central Oregon offices due
to the Internet outage. Source: http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-crash-cuts-internet-tv-to-thousands-repairs-underway/34255912
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