Complete DHS Report for
June 16, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Officials
reported June 12 that vandalism caused 77,000 gallons of sewage to overflow
into a tributary creek of the Mississippi River in St. Louis after finding and
removing 2 large tree logs that had been dumped in a manhole. – KTRS 550 AM
St. Louis
14. June 15,
KTRS 550 AM St. Louis – (Missouri) 77,000 gallons of sewage spill
into St. Louis County creek. Officials discovered June 12 that vandalism
was the cause of an overflow that spilled an estimated 77,000 gallons of sewage
into a tributary creek of the Mississippi river in St. Louis after a manhole
lid was removed and 2 large tree logs had been dumped in, blocking the sewer.
The logs were removed and crews cleaned the scene. Source: http://www.ktrs.com/77000-gallons-of-sewage-spills-into-st-louis-county-creek/
· Dallas
police reported June 13 that a man opened fire and planted several explosive
devices outside of the city’s police headquarters before SWAT officers pursued
and neutralized the suspect. – CNN
18. June
13, CNN – (Texas) Dallas police HQ shooting: suspect killed
during standoff. The Dallas police reported June 13 that a man shot several
rounds of gunfire and planted several explosive devices outside Dallas’ police
headquarters after alleging police were responsible for his loss of child
custody. SWAT officers pursued the man, disabled the vehicle, and after
multiple failed attempts of negotiation, neutralized the suspect. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/dallas-police-headquarters-shooting/
·
A prison worker at the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York was charged
June 12 after allegedly providing tools to 2 convicted murderers to aid their
escape from the prison June 6. – CNN
19. June
13, CNN – (New York) New York prison worker charged with helping
inmates escape. A prison worker at the Clinton Correctional Facility in New
York was charged June 12 for promoting prison contraband and criminal
facilitation after allegedly providing tools to 2 convicted murders, aiding in
their escape June 6. An investigation is ongoing to find the escaped prisoners.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/us/new-york-prison-break/
· About
113 people were rescued June 14 in Colfax, Louisiana during an annual mud
festival after a levee breached and the Red River flowed into the festival
grounds. – NBC News
30. June 14, NBC News – (Louisiana) 113 rescued
after levee breaks at Louisiana mud festival. About 113 people were rescued
June 14 in Colfax, Louisiana, during an annual mud festival after a levee
breached and the Red River flowed into the festival. Officials had begun moving
people to higher ground June 13 after noticing a crack in the levee, and no
injuries were reported. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/113-rescued-after-levee-breaks-louisiana-mud-festival-n375336
Financial Services Sector
5. June
13, Aliso Viejo Patch – (California) Police seek South County’s
‘Snowbird Bandit’ bank robber. Authorities are searching for information
leading to the capture of a suspect dubbed the “Snowbird Bandit” who allegedly
robbed a Wells Fargo bank June 11 in Mission Viejo, California and 2 others in
Orange County since March. Source: http://patch.com/california/alisoviejo/police-seek-south-countys-snowbird-bandit-bank-robber/
6. June
12, South Florida Sun-Sentinel – (National) Ex-Dolphins player
faces charges in Ponzi scheme. A former professional football player and a
business partner were charged June 12 in connection to a Ponzi scheme in which
they allegedly defrauded investors out of $31 million by forging documents and
using later investors’ funds to pay for loans offered to professional athletes
through their business, Capital Financial Partners. Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-will-allen-ponzi-scheme-20150612-story.html
Information Technology Sector
21. June 15,
Threatpost – (International) Popular WordPress SEO plugin fixes XSS bug. Security
researchers discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Yoast
WordPress SEO plugin in which an attacker could leverage “snippet preview”
functionality to force a vulnerable site to execute arbitrary hypertext markup
language (HTML) code. Source: https://threatpost.com/popular-wordpress-seo-plugin-fixes-xss-bug/113313
22. June 15,
Securityweek – (International) Wikimedia rolling out HTTPS to encrypt all
Wikipedia traffic. The Wikimedia Foundation announced that all Wikpedia and
organization Web site traffic will employ Hyptertext Transfer Protocol Secure
(HTTPS) and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to protect data security and
guard against attempts to break HTTPS and intercept traffic. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/wikimedia-rolling-out-https-encrypt-all-wikipedia-traffic
23. June 12,
Softpedia – (International) Pop-under malvertising spreads CryptoWall via
Magnitude exploit kit. Security researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a new
malvertising campaign leveraging pop-under advertisements over the Popcash ad
network to distribute the Magnitude exploit kit (EK), which delivers exploits
for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities to
inject the Necurs dropper and CryptoWall ransomware on affected systems. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pop-Under-Malvertising-Spreads-CryptoWall-Via-Magnitude-Exploit-Kit-484182.shtml
For another
story, see item 17 below from the Government Facilities Sector
17. June 12, New York Times – (National) White
House weighs sanctions after second breach of a computer system. FBI
officials revealed June 12 that hackers breached a second data computer system
at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management containing additional information
regarding friends, family members, and associates of Federal employees, and
that the President is considering financial sanctions against the attackers who
gained access to the files of millions of Federal workers. The impact of the
second breach remains unknown. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/us/white-house-weighs-sanctions-after-second-breach-of-a-computer-system.html?_r=1
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
