Complete DHS Report for July 26, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Southwest Airlines Co., reported July 23 that passengers
continued to face flight cancellations and delays following a computer router
failure July 20 that prompted the cancellation of at least 1,500 flights and
the delay of 4,500 others. – Associated Press
9. July 23,
Associated Press – (National) Southwest Airlines still dealing with delays after
outage. Southwest Airlines Co., reported July 23 that passengers continued
to face flight cancellations and delays while the airline worked to resume
normal operations after a computer router failure caused several technology
systems to break down July 20, prompting the cancellation of at least 1,500
flights and the delay of 4,500 others. Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/business/ci_30159978/southwest-airlines-still-dealing-delays-after-outage
• An employee at San Jose’s Alviso wastewater treatment plant
inadvertently released 952,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into the San
Francisco Bay July 20 after turning the manual valve prior to the water’s last
treatment. – Associated Press
21. July 24,
Associated Press – (California) 952K gallons of sewage spilled into Bay. An
employee at San Jose’s Alviso wastewater treatment plant inadvertently released
952,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into the San Francisco Bay July 20
after turning the manual valve prior to the water’s last treatment. Source: http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/140/article/136350/
• An electrical failure that disabled the alarms at Hinesville’s
wastewater treatment plant in Georgia caused approximately 1.62 million gallons
of partially treated wastewater to spill into Taylors Creek July 20 – July 21.
– Hinesville Coastal Courier
22. July 22,
Hinesville Coastal Courier – (Georgia) 1.6 million gallons of
wastewater spills into Taylors Creek. An electrical failure that disabled
the alarms at Hinesville’s wastewater treatment plant in Georgia caused
approximately 1.62 million gallons of partially treated wastewater to spill
into Taylors Creek July 20 – July 21. Source: http://coastalcourier.com/section/10/article/82241/
• Two people were killed and
at least 16 were hospitalized July 25 following a shooting at Club Blu Bar and
Grill in Fort Myers, Florida. – NBC News
34. July 25,
NBC News – (Florida) Fort Myers club shooting: 2 dead, more than dozen
wounded after teen event. Two people were killed and at least 16 were
hospitalized July 25 following a shooting at Club Blu Bar and Grill in Fort
Myers, Florida. Officials detained three suspects in connection with the shooting
and are investigating two other related shootings near the night club. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-myers-nightclub-shooting-1-dead-14-others-reportedly-wounded-n615961
Financial Services Sector
3. July 23,
San Gabriel Valley Tribune – (California) FBI seeks ‘We’re Listening
Bandit’ in three-county bank robbery spree. The FBI is searching July 23
for a man dubbed the “We’re Listening Bandit” who is suspected of robbing and
attempting to rob six banks in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside
counties since June. Source: http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20160722/fbi-seeks-were-listening-bandit-in-three-county-bank-robbery-spree
Information Technology Sector
30. July 25,
Help Net Security – (International) Critical holes in Micro Focus Filr found,
plugged. Micro Focus released patches addressing a cross-site request
forgery (CSRF) flaw, an Operating System (OS) Command Injection vulnerability,
a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw, a path traversal, and an
authentication bypass vulnerability in its Filr enterprise file management and
collaborative file sharing solution after a SEC Consult researcher discovered
the flaws during a quick security check. Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/07/25/micro-focus-filr-flaws/
31. July 24,
Softpedia – (International) CTB-Faker ransomware uses WinRAR to lock data
in password-protected ZIP files. Bleeping Computer and Check Point
researchers found that the CTB-Faker ransomware family is currently being
distributed via adult Websites, and encourages users to download a ZIP file
which contains an executable that initiates the ransomware which moves files to
a password-protected file at “C:Users.zip” through the use of the WinRAR
application. Researchers determined that the ransomware is decryptable. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ctb-faker-ransomware-uses-winrar-to-lock-data-in-password-protected-zip-files-506578.shtml
32. July 24,
Softpedia – (International) Stampado ransomware stomped out before it
could do any real damage. A malware analyst at Emsisoft created a free
decrypter, unlocking files encrypted by the Stampado ransomware which presents
itself as an ad for a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering on Dark Web
cyber-crime forums for a low price. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/stampado-ransomware-stomped-out-before-it-could-do-any-real-damage-506573.shtml
33. July 24,
Softpedia – (International) Hacker downloads Vine’s entire source code. Twitter
secured an insecure Docker setup used by the company’s staff to manage Vine’s
content after security researcher Avicoder discovered the critical security
flaw which would have allowed an attacker to download Vine’s entire source
code, its application program interface (API) keys, and third party keys, from
its servers after determining that the Docker installations were publicly
accessible and that Twitter was running Docker API v1 instead of the latest
version of Docker (v2). Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/hacker-downloads-vine-s-entire-source-code-506560.shtml
Communications Sector
Nothing to report