Complete DHS Daily Report for October 31, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Officials are searching for a break in an
8-inch Koch Pipeline Company pipe which spilled 17,000 gallons of crude oil in
Fayette County, Texas. – KVUE 24 Austin
1.
October 29, KVUE 24 Austin – (Texas) 17,000
gallons of crude oil spill near Smithville. Crews worked to clean up a
17,000 gallon crude oil spill in Fayette County, Texas, after an 8-inch Koch
Pipeline Company pipe leaked in Smithville. Officials are searching for the
break in the pipeline and do not have an end date for cleanup and repairs.
Source: http://www.kvue.com/news/Officials-cleaning-up-400-barrel-oil-spill-near-Smithville-229756751.html
• An October 29 dust storm contributed to a
multiple-fatality accident involving 19 vehicles along Arizona’s Interstate 10,
which killed 3, injured 12, and shut down westbound lanes for more than 5
hours. – Associated Press
7.
October 30, Associated Press –
(Arizona) 3 killed in dust storm crashes on I-10 in Arizona. A dust
storm contributed to a multiple-fatality accident involving 19 vehicles in the
eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 south of Casa Grande, Arizona, which killed 3
people, injured at least 12, and closed parts of westbound lanes for more than
5 hours October 29. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating
the crash. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/3-killed-in-dust-storm-crashes-on-i-10-in-arizona
• Portland Water Bureau spokesman reported a
100-year old, 24-inch cast-iron water main break October 29 caused significant
flooding and surface damage, affecting traffic, flooding the basements of
buildings, and knocking out power. – KOIN 12 Portland
13.
October 29, KOIN 12 Portland –
(Oregon) Water main breaks, floods downtown. A Portland Water Bureau
spokesman reported a 100-year old, 24-inch cast-iron water main break October
29 caused significant flooding and surface damage, affecting traffic, flooding
the basements of buildings and hotels, and knocking out power. Source: http://www.koin.com/news/water-main-breaks-significant-damage-downtown
• A suspect in a string of five murders across
multiple locations including a gas station was captured October 29 after
authorities tracked him following a high-speed chase and crash. – Dallas
Morning News
28. October
29, Dallas Morning News – (Texas) Suspect captured after series of
five slayings in Terrell. A suspect in a string of five murders across
multiple homes and a gas station/convenience store in Terrell was captured
October 29 after authorities tracked him to a wooded area following a
high-speed chase and crash. An investigation is ongoing. Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/20131028-suspect-in-series-of-terrell-slayings-captured.ece
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Banking and Finance Sector
4. October 30, Softpedia – (International) Researchers
hack counterfeit money detector to accept paper as valid currency. A
researcher at IOActive discovered a way to modify the firmware of the Secureuro
counterfeit money detector used frequently in Spain so that the device will
accept ordinary paper as valid currency. The modifications can be done without
hardware hacking and is aided by a lack of encryption in the firmware. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Hack-Counterfeit-Money-Detector-to-Accept-Paper-as-Valid-Currency-395507.shtml
5. October 29, Reuters – (International) Dutch
Rabobank fined $1 billion over LIBOR scandal. Dutch bank Rabobank was fined
approximately $1 billion by U.S., U.K., and Dutch regulators for manipulating
the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and another rate over a period of 6
years. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/us-rabobank-libor-idUSBRE99S0L520131029
6. October 29, Reuters – (Georgia) SEC sues
investor over alleged Carter’s insider-trading scheme. The U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against a former hedge fund
investment consultant and analyst for allegedly being part of an insider
trading scheme that led to around $2.5 million in illegal profits and avoided
losses after sharing information in advance of market news regarding clothing
maker Carter’s. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-carters-trading-complaint-idUSBRE99T00M20131030
Information Technology Sector
21. October
30, Softpedia – (International) Expert finds unrestricted file upload
vulnerability in Twitter. A researcher at Q-CERT identified and reported
two vulnerabilities in Twitter that could have been leveraged to upload
malicious files to a Twitter developer Web site and to redirect users to
arbitrary Web sites. Twitter has since closed the reported vulnerabilities.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Finds-Unrestricted-File-Upload-Vulnerability-in-Twitter-Video-395604.shtml
22. October
30, Softpedia – (International) 10 security fixes included in Firefox 25. Mozilla
released the newest version of its Firefox browser, Firefox 25, which includes
fixes for 10 security issues, 5 of which were rated critical. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Security-Fixes-Included-in-Firefox-25-395477.shtml
23. October
29, Threatpost – (International) New injection campaign peddling rogue
software downloads. Websense researchers reported that a mass injection
campaign dubbed GWload has compromised at least 40,000 Web pages by tricking
users into installing a fake version of VLC Media Player by claiming it is
required to view content. Users who attempt to install the fake software then
have several varieties of bloatware and other unwanted software installed on
their systems. Source: http://threatpost.com/new-injection-campaign-peddling-rogue-software-downloads
24. October
29, CNET News – (International) MongoHQ scrambles to address major database
hack. Database hosting service MongoHQ reported that it was the victim of a
security breach October 28 that compromised users’ email addresses, hashed
password data, and other account information. Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57609938-83/mongohq-scrambles-to-address-major-database-hack/
Communications Sector
25.
October 29, Chicago Tribune –
(National) AT&T says it has resolved U-verse outage. AT&T
announced October 29 it resolved an outage of its Internet and phone U-verse
service for an unreported number of affected customers after a software upgrade
issue caused the disruption in service. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-att-uverse-service-outage-20131029,0,5006084.story