By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is warning that hackers claiming to be ISIS sympathizers are attacking websites with security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins. PC World reports that some of the plugins were providing an easy back door for some hackers to gain access and inject scripts or install malware. The hackers targeted news organizations,…
The Buffalo News Editorial Board The good news – and it is good news – is that the FBI has made great strides in transforming itself since the 2001 terror attacks. In a new report by the FBI 9/11 Review Commission, the agency is credited with significantly improving the number of analysts qualified for their…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA and Justice Department have been secretly amassing logs of nearly all international phone calls that originated from the U.S., the USA Today reports. The collection of billions of calls came nearly a decade before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The government has tracked calls to as many as 116…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI does not believe an attack at the guarded gates of the NSA on Monday was terrorism. The bureau is investigating after two men who were allegedly dressed as women disobeyed commands at the gates of the NSA in Fort Meade, Md., crashing a stolen car into a police vehicle,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Army National guard specialist is accused of trying to join ISIS overseas while his cousin planned to attack a U.S. military insulation. Huffington Post reports that 22-year-old was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday while authorities say he was en route to join the extremists overseas. His cousin Jonas Edmonds,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 9/11 Review Commission credited the FBI for thwarting terrorist attacks but said the bureau needs to improve intelligence and hire more linguists, according to a report released Wednesday, the New York Times reports. While the commission applauded the FBI’s ability to prevent terrorism, the report said the bureau lags “behind…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The lead FBI agent in the recovery of evidence from the bomb site at the Boston Marathon is expected testify today in the jury trial of Dzhokha Tsarnaev. FBI Special Agent Sarah DeLair began collecting evidence just hours after the blasts at the crowded finishing line on April 15, 2013, she…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the apparent firebombing of a KFC in Reno after authorities found the initials of an animal rights group scrawled on a drive-thru sign, The Associated Press reports. Investigators believe a window was broken at the restaurant, and flammable liquid was found inside, in what may be a…
