Complete DHS Report for
December 29, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Severe storms traveling across 7 States December 24 – December 28 left approximately 60,000
homes and businesses without power, caused 1,500 flight cancellations, and
killed at least 43 people, among other disasters. – Reuters
3. December
28, Reuters – (National) Christmas time storms, tornadoes kill at least 43
in U.S. Severe storms traveling across 7 States prompted the governor of
Oklahoma and the governor of New Mexico to declare a state of emergency, left
approximately 60,000 homes and businesses without power, killed at least 43
people, caused about 1,500 flight cancellations, and closed more than 180
Missouri roads and bridges from December 24 – December
28. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-holiday-idUSKBN0U90DX20151228
• Officials reported that heavy rains caused approximately
90,000 gallons of sewage to spill into Crabtree Creek in Raleigh December 23. –
WNCN 17 Goldsboro
8. December
24, WNCN 17 Goldsboro – (North Carolina) 89,000 gallons of sewage
overflows in Raleigh during heavy rains, officials say. Officials reported that
heavy rains caused approximately 90,000 gallons of sewage to spill into
Crabtree Creek in Raleigh December 23. The spill was contained December 24. Source: http://wncn.com/2015/12/24/89000-gallons-of-sewage-overflows-in-raleigh-during-heavy-rains-officials-say/
• The Russian River Health Center in Sonoma County was
deemed temporarily unusable following a December 26 fire that caused an
estimated $500,000 in damage. – San Francisco Chronicle
9. December
26, San Francisco Chronicle – (California) Fire shuts down
Guerneville’s Russian River Health Center. The Russian River Health Center
in Sonoma County was deemed temporarily unusable following a December 26 fire
that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. Officials are investigating the
cause of the fire. Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fire-shuts-down-Guerneville-s-Russian-River-6722005.php
• Symantec reported that hackers have been averaging about
16,000 daily attack attempts to exploit a Joomla vulnerability and install a
backdoor malware that allows attackers to execute commands, redirect victims to
exploit kits (EK), and modify Web sites, among other malicious actions. – SecurityWeek
See item 13 below in the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
Nothing
to report
Information Technology Sector
13. December
28, SecurityWeek – (International) Vulnerable Joomla Servers see 16,000 daily
attacks. Researchers from Symantec reported that hackers have been
averaging about 16,000 daily attack attempts to exploit a previously patched
Joomla vulnerability by finding vulnerable servers via sending Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and analyzing responses when functions such
as phpinfo() and eval(chr()) are executed. Once an attacker discovers a
vulnerable server, a backdoor can be installed to execute commands, redirect
victims to exploit kits (EK), upload and download files, and modify Web sites
hosted on the server. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/vulnerable-joomla-servers-see-16000-daily-attacks
Communications Sector
Nothing to report