FBI has arrested a 20-year-old student from Chicago, US, for trying to help the infamous terrorist group ISIS spread their propaganda. The young man named Thomas Osadzinski is a computer science and software development student at DePaul University. He has been allegedly charged for writing a Python script, so other ISIS members could re-post it […]
Reportedly, US military wives were threatened with death threats by Russians impersonating as IS hackers. In one of the reported incidents, which occurred in February 2015, army wife Angela Ricketts received death threats while enjoying a bubble bath in her home located in Colorado. She received a message from someone at Facebook on her iPhone, […]
The social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have been repeatedly blamed for acting as a platform that can be exploited for spreading extremist propaganda. In a related development, the researchers have found that Facebook’s “suggested friends” feature has been used to introduce thousands of ISIS members to each other. It’s a well-known fact that […]
Earlier this month, we reported how a Muslim hacking collective named Di5s3nSi0N was able to hack Amaq, one of the key outlets for ISIS propaganda, within hours after they called themselves “unhackable.” They exposed an email list of 1,784 subscribers. In another attack on ISIS online propaganda, young Muslim hackers have filled the official communication channels of […]
A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that a group of Muslim hackers hacked into the official news website of the so-called Islamic State called Amaq and leaked a list of around 2000 of its subscribers. Now, another group of six Muslim men from Iraq are taking on the terrorist organization by using fake news and pornographic content. […]
The cybercriminals (and their terrorist friends) are, probably, taught to perform their actions in a very covert manner. This means that they don’t openly challenge their opposition. Probably, ISIS propaganda network wasn’t explained how to practice this art. Amaq is one of the key outlets of ISIS, which issues claims for various terror attacks around […]
Correction 6:33 AM ET: This article previously stated that hackers leaked a list of 20,000 subscribers. That was incorrect, the list contained nearly 2,000 (1,784) emails. We apologize and regret the error. A group of Muslim hacktivists from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the Sunni sect of Islam and going by the online handle of Di5s3nSi0N hacked […]
A private radio station in Sweden Mix Megapol suffered a cyber attack in which someone hacked its transmission to play a pro-ISIS song for 30 minutes on Friday morning. Controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, the radio station runs in 24 cities in the country with a massive fan following. According to local website 24Malmo, the incident took place during the […]
Team System DZ, a pro-ISIS (Daesh) hacking group from Algeria is back in the news. This time the group has targeted the government of United States and defaced several Ohio State websites including the official website of Governor John Kasich. The hackers left a deface page along with a pro-ISIS message on all hacked websites threatening the President […]
Short Bytes: Months ago, cyber experts from Israel broke into the computer networks of ISIS, disrupting their deadly ‘laptop bomb’ attack plan. With intelligent designing and encryption, laptop bomb could have escaped even the sensors. But before the plan could have been implemented, Israel government detected and revealed the same. Israeli cyber researchers recently decoded ISIS’s […]
Amaq, the official news agency of ISIS or Daesh terrorist group is informing its users about a potential compromise in the security of its website. According to them, the site has been hacked by Anonymous hackers and is now infecting thousands of users. When visiting the site, the following message keeps appearing: “The site ahead […]
A Kurdish hacker going by the online handle of “Rekan Error” hacked and defaced the official website of Fifth Harmony, an American girl group formed on the second season of The X Factor US in July 2012. The website (fifthharmony.com) was hacked Saturday morning when Fifth Harmony was attending Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California. In their […]
Islamic State supporters are being targeted with a modified version of the Telegram Android app that contains a version of the OmniRAT remote access toolkit. The app, named plus_gram.apk, is spread via ISIS’ Telegram channels. Some Daesh members have detected the embedded malware and are now warning others. Posts on underground ISIS forums detailing this […]
Short Bytes: Following the reports from the Kurdish media house Rudaw, ISIS is using weaponized commercial quadcopters to target the Iraqi Security Forces. The drones are, however, battery operated and small. They can be taken down by the forces using signal jammers. The terrorist organization which works by the name ISIS is weaponizing off-the-shelf commercial quadcopter drones […]
The online hacktivist group Anonymous along with their counterparts from HackBack movement have hacked and defaced the official website of The Bilderberg Group also known as Bilderberg Club, Bilderberg meetings and Bilderberg conference, an annual private conference of 120 to 150 people of the North American and European political elite, media personalities, industrial and finance giants […]
Short Bytes: The families related to the victims in the Orlando Pulse shooting case have filed a lawsuit against Google, Facebook, and Twitter on the grounds they have a contribution towards spreading the reach of terror organizations like ISIS. It was six months ago when some maniac committed a horrible human massacre at a nightclub […]
A new set of official US Air Force photographs confirm the flying branch’s biggest spy planes are helping hunt Islamic State fighters. The missions come as Iraqi and Kurdish troops work to evict the terrorists from the city of Mosul. On October 21, 2016, at least one RC-135V/W Rivet Joint took off from Al Udeid […]
Short Bytes: A US district court sent a 20-year-old hacker from Kosovo for a prison time of 20 years. He was charged with computer hacking and terrorism in the United States. He shared personal details of military and government official which made their way to a hit list published by Islamic State. A 20-year-old hacker named […]
Kosovo Hacker Gets 20 Years in Jail for Helping Islamic State by US Federal Court A 20-year-old, Kosovo native computer hacker Ardit Ferizi has received 20 years in prison for the crime of helping out ISIS, a terrorist organization. Ferizi is guilty of handing over critical and sensitive information about over a thousand US government […]
Malicious attachment contains Adwind cross-platform remote access Trojan. Cybercriminals are using clickbait, promising a video showing Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton exchanging money with an ISIS leader, in order to distribute malicious spam emails. Figure 1. Malicious spam using Hillary Clinton as clickbait The email’s subject announces “Clinton Deal ISIS Leader caught on Video,” however […]
Anonymous and other hacking groups should start adding their profiles inside the dark web platforms of ISIS and keep an eye on their activities — agreed? What do you think? When it comes to Internet the Anonymous hacktivist group has been on the front line of defense against so-called Islamic State (ISIS) aka Daesh terrorist group spreading its […]