Complete DHS Report for
July 17, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
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Authorities reported that a July 14 explosion at the Zodiac Aerospace plant in
Newport, Washington was a result of chemical vapor build-up, after the
explosion hospitalized seven workers and severely damaged the plant’s
structural integrity. – Reuters
4. July 15,
Reuters – (Washington) Blast closes U.S. Zodiac Aero plant; Boeing,
Airbus assess impact. Authorities reported that a July 14 explosion at the
Zodiac Aerospace plant in Newport, Washington was a result of flammable
chemical vapor build-up in a resin “treater” machine. The explosion
hospitalized seven workers and severely damaged the plant’s structural
integrity, prompting Boeing and Airbus to assess the incident’s impact on
company operations. Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/15/us-zodiac-aero-blast-idUSKCN0PP20D20150715
· Tracks in Pulaski County, Virginia
reopened after a 31-hour closure while crews cleared the scene of a train crash
that caused 18 cars to derail, spilled 20,000 gallons of lube oil, and prompted
an evacuation of nearby homes July 15. – WDBJ 7 Roanoke
10. July 15,
WDBJ 7 Roanoke – (Virginia) Pulaski County Norfolk Southern tracks reopen
after train derailment. Tracks in Pulaski County reopened after being
closed for 31 hours while crews cleared the scene of a 2-train crash that
caused 18 cars to derail, spilled 20,000 gallons of lube oil, and prompted an
evacuation of nearby homes July 15. No injuries were reported.Source: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/pulaski-county-norfolk-southern-tracks-reopen-after-train-derailment/34191694
· U.S. Highway 287 in Montana was shut
down for about 7 hours July 15 after a head-on collision killed 3 people and
injured 5 others. – The Missoulian
11. July 15,
The Missoulian – (Montana) Three dead, five injured in morning head-on collision
on Highway 287. U.S. Highway 287 was shut down for approximately 7 hours
July 15 due to a head-on collision that killed 3 people and injured 5 others.
The cause of the accident remains unknown and officials are investigating the
incident.
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Chattanooga State Community College and the Bradley Square Mall in Chattanooga,
Tennessee were on lockdown July 16 after an active shooter situation at 2 U.S.
Navy Reserve recruiting centers led to the deaths of 4 military personnel and
the shooter. – Newsweek
20. July 16,
Newsweek – (Tennessee) Report: at least five dead, including suspect,
after shooting in Tennessee. Chattanooga State Community College and the
Bradley Square Mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee were on lockdown July 16 after an
active shooter situation was confirmed by the U.S. Navy at 2 recruiting centers
on Amnicola Highway and Old Lee Highway. At least four military personnel and
the suspect were killed.
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/reports-active-shooter-situation-naval-reserve-center-tennessee-354359
Financial Services Sector
7. July 15,
KAKE 10 Wichita – (Kansas) ATM skimmer use discovered at 7th Wichita
bank. Home Bank & Trust Co., officials reported that an ATM skimming
device was used at a Wichita location, bringing the total number of skimmers
found in Wichita in July to seven.
Source: http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Another-ATM-Skimmer-Found-At-Wichita-Bank--315526371.html
8. July 15,
Orange County Register – (California) Santa Ana man suspected of
being “Big A Bandit’ is arrested. FBI officials reported July 15 that
authorities had arrested a suspect believed to be the “Big A Bandit”
responsible for robbing 3 banks in Anaheim, Fullerton, and La Habra. Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bank-671912-simmons-west.html
Information Technology Sector
22. July 16,
Threatpost – (International) Security support ends for remaining Windows
XP machines. Microsoft ended security support for Microsoft Security
Essentials customers running Windows XP as part of its July Patch Tuesday
roll-out, and released security advisories for a patched race condition flaw in
the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) allowing for privilege escalation,
as well as an update enhancing use of Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption
keys.
23. July 16,
Securityweek – (International) Siemens patches authentication bypass bug in
telecontrol product. Siemens released a firmware update for its SICAM MIC
modular telecontrol devices addressing an authentication bypass vulnerability
in which an attacker with network access to the device’s web interface could
bypass authentication and perform administrative operations. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/siemens-patches-authentication-bypass-bug-telecontrol-product
24. July 16,
The Register – (International) Thunder-faced Mozilla lifts Flash Firefox
block after 0-days plugged. Mozilla lifted a block on all versions of Adobe
Flash in its Firefox Web browser after Adobe released cross-platform updates
addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities that were revealed in a recent breach
of the Italian surveillance company, Hacking Team. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/16/mozilla_unblocks_flash_firefox/
25. July 16,
Securityweek – (International) Vulnerability exposes Cisco Videoscape
devices to DoS attacks. Cisco released an advisory warning of a security
bug in its Videoscape Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming (VDS-IS) and
VDS Service Broker products in which an unauthenticated remote attacker could
cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) packets to trigger device instability. Source:
http://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-exposes-cisco-videoscape-devices-dos-attacks
26. July 15,
Threatpost – (International) New RC4 attack dramatically reduces cookie
decryption time. Belgian security researchers discovered biases in the
Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) encryption algorithm that could lead to attacks breaking
encryption on websites running transport layer security (TLS) with RC4 and
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) to perform
actions under a victim’s name or gain access to personal information. Source: https://threatpost.com/new-rc4-attack-dramatically-reduces-plaintext-recovery-time/113808
Communications Sector
27. July 15,
Turlock City News – (California) Damaged fiber optic cable causing cell phone 911
outages, TID phone issues, AT&T and Verizon service issues. A fiber
cable cut in San Joaquin County caused technical issues for some AT&T and
Verizon cell phone users in Stanislaus County, including 9-1-1 service July 15.