Complete DHS Report for
April 28, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· The
California Highway Patrol reported April 26 that southbound lanes of 710
Freeway in Bell will remain closed until April 28 due to structural damages on
the roadway after a semi-truck accident. – KABC 7 Los Angeles
8. April
27, KABC 7 Los Angeles – (California) Southbound 710 Freeway
remains shut after tanker fire. The California Highway Patrol reported
April 26 that southbound lanes of 710 Freeway in Bell will remain closed until
April 28 due to structural damages on the roadway after a semi-truck carrying
8,500 gallons of gas overturned and caught on fire. No injuries were reported.
Source: http://abc7.com/news/southbound-710-freeway-remains-shut-after-tanker-fire/682822/
· U.S.
Secret Service officials reported April 24 that 8 members of an Atlanta-based
fraud ring were arrested April 23 for their alleged involvement in a theft
scheme that netted $10 million in U.S. Department of the Treasury checks from a
post office. – Associated Press
20. April
24, Associated Press – (National) 8 arrested in Atlanta-based
fraud ring. U.S. Secret Service officials reported April 24 that 8 members
of an Atlanta-based fraud ring were arrested April 23, while 5 additional
suspects were in custody and 1 other was expected to surrender in a theft
scheme that netted $10 million in U.S. Department of the Treasury checks from a
post office in Atlanta. The suspects cashed tax refund, Social Security, and
veterans’ benefits checks at grocery stores, department stores, and other
businesses across nine States. Source: http://knoe.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/28894360/8-arrested-in-atlanta-based-fraud-ring
· Laurens
County Public Schools in Georgia worked to disinfect schools in the district
after classes were canceled April 24 when more than 100 students became sick
with symptoms similar to norovirus. – WMAZ 13 Macon
23. April
24, WMAZ 13 Macon – (Georgia) Laurens Co. schools cleaning up
norovirus. Laurens County Public Schools in Georgia worked to train janitors
to disinfect schools in the district after classes were canceled April 24 when
more than 100 students became sick with symptoms similar to norovirus.
Officials were expected to get test results the week of April 27 and schools
were scheduled to reopen April 27. Source: http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/2015/04/24/laurens-school-cleaning-up-norovirus/26308819/
· Nearly
60 golf carts were destroyed at Myth Golf and Banquet Center in Oakland
Township, Michigan, April 24 in a series of arson fires that caused almost $1
million in damages. – Detroit News
31. April 24, Detroit News – (Michigan) Police:
2 people involved in arson fire at golf course. Nearly 60 golf carts were
destroyed at Myth Golf and Banquet Center in Oakland Township April 24 in a
series of arson fires that caused almost $1 million in damage. HAZMAT crews
responded to remove oil, fuel, and fertilizer that pooled in different areas of
a structure that was set on fire. Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/04/24/suspicious-fire-destroys-nearly-golf-carts/26301141/
Financial Services Sector
7. April
24, Indianapolis Star – (Indiana) SEC sues Indy securities firm
for alleged Ponzi scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
sued Indianapolis-based Veros Partners April 22 for an alleged Ponzi-like
scheme in which the company’s president, 2 associates, and 3 associated
companies raised at least $15 million from investors to make short-term
operating loans to farmers and used a portion of the funds to cover unpaid debt
from prior loans. The SEC claimed that the company owes millions of dollars in
past due payments to over 80 investors. Source: http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2015/04/24/sec-sues-indy-securities-firm-alleged-ponzi-scheme/26322675/
For additional stories, see item 20 above in Top
Stories and 27 below in the Communications Sector
Information Technology Sector
25. April 27,
Softpedia – (International) Wordpress 4.2 affected by zero-day stored XSS,
PoC available. A security researcher from Klikki Oy discovered a stored
cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 4.2 and earlier versions
in which unauthenticated parties can exploit a flaw in comment text truncation
to run arbitrary code on affected servers. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/WordPress-4-2-Affected-by-Zero-Day-Stored-XSS-PoC-Available-479437.shtml
26. April 25,
Softpedia – (International) Over 25,000 iOS apps affected by bug breaking
HTTPS. Security researchers at SourceDNA discovered a vulnerability in
version 2.5.3 of the AFNetworking library for Apple iOS and OS X products in
which attackers could carry out man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks and access
encrypted information by exploiting the library’s failure to check the domain
name secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates were issued for. More than 25,000
apps are affected by the flaw. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Over-25-000-iOS-Apps-Affected-by-Bug-Breaking-HTTPS-479351.shtml
Communications Sector
27. April 24, Softpedia –
(California) AT&T customers in California notified of unauthorized
account access. AT&T released that the personal information, including
Social Security Numbers, belonging to its California customers was accessed
without authorization on an unknown date between February – July 2014. The
company continues to investigate but believes that the customer accounts were
accessed for the purpose of obtaining codes needed for unlocking mobile phones
programmed to work exclusively on the AT&T network. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/AT-T-Customers-in-California-Notified-of-Unauthorized-Account-Access-479304.shtml