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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Twitter announced on Tuesday (20th) that it has deleted 377,000 accounts in the second half of 2016 as part of its fight against content related to extremism and terrorism. The number is 60% higher than the profiles deleted in the first half of last year, according to its transparency report. In total, the social network […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 33-year-old male in London has been charged with six terrorism counts under the Terrorism Act 2006 by the Metropolitan Police. The man, named Samata Ullah, appeared in a court in London the previous week. Ullah has been charged under the controversial Section 5 power in which the development of an “encrypted version” of personal blog […]
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 […]
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 […]
Short Bytes: Cybersecurity group Flashpoint has released a new report, outlining the technologies and software used by ISIS terrorists. These security-first programs are used by jihadists to erase the tracks of their online activities and defeat surveillance. The software discussed in the report include the likes of TOR, Telegram, and VPN applications. In the recent past, […]
A team of attackers shut down several ISIS aka Daesh websites against terrorist attacks in Nice and Middle Eastern countries! Terrorism has no religion that’s why whenever a terrorist attack is carried out the victims are innocent people irrespective of race or religion. Hackers and DDoSers, on the other hand, are well aware of the […]
Short Bytes: An Anonymous-affiliated hacker has painted numerous ISIS Twitter accounts with gay pride messages and pictures in support of the Orlando shooting victims. On the other hand, a 21-year-old hacker has pleaded guilty to helping ISIS and he is scheduled to get a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. ISIS Twitter accounts hacked […]
Anonymous-linked hacker is defacing pro-ISIS twitter accounts with LGBT content after Orlando shooting! — Hacker vows to hack more accounts in coming days! Just three days ago we reported how Anonymous was hacking Twitter accounts of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS aka Daesh) terrorist group and defacing them with pornographic content. Now, the same hackers […]
The Kurdish defacer is known for defacing high-profile website with messages against the so-called Islamic State and the Republic of Turkey! A Kurdish hacker going by the online handle of MuhmadEmad hacked and defaced 4 sub-domain belonging to Dell, the world renowned multinational computer technology company. MuhmadEmad, who is a well-known voice of Kurdish people was last […]