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Short Bytes: After CIA and other intelligence agencies blamed encryption and Snowden for the Paris attacks, the more details after the police investigation are painting a different story. The majority of the communications between the Paris attackers was done using encrypted SMS, the local French media suggests. In a surprising turn of events, the intelligence officials […]
Short Bytes: Encouraging the people to join the cyber-war against ISIS, hacktivist group Anonymous has published three hacking guides. These guides have instructions regarding recognizing ISIS-affiliated websites, using a Twitter bot to uncover social media accounts of ISIS, and learning how to hack using a “NoobGuide” The war between the hackers and terrorists is escalating […]
Anonymous has declared full-time war against ISIS and warned the terrorist group to expect the worse. In a recent video, they left a message for ISIS “You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go under #OpISIS.” The operation has become a success among followers of the Anonymous group but […]
Short Bytes: ISIS has responded to Anonymous’ declaration of war and threat of hunting them down from all over the world. The terrorist group has referred to them as “idiots” who just hack “twitter accounts and emails.” In a development in the hackers vs. terrorists story, the terrorists have labeled the hackers as ‘idiots.’ Yes, […]
Short Bytes: The security agencies have accused the NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden for the terrorist happenings in the city of Paris. CIA Director John Brennan and ex-CIA director James Woosley, blamed the failure on “a number of unauthorized disclosures” and the attacks on Edward Snowden. The dust from the bomb attacking in the city […]
Al-Hayat, an agency that spreads all the content relevant to ISIS on different online platforms has announced the ISIS intentions on moving their operations to Dark web. There are a number of blogs and forums the agency posts regarding ISIS activities. Most significant of them are the Ansar Khilafah blog and the Shamikh forums. In […]
Someone photoshopped this guy’s pic from an iPad to a Quran and the mainstream media took it as real and made it viral. Last Friday, Paris faced seven brutal attacks leading to 129 deaths and about 145 injured. Among the wounded, there was a Sikh named Veerender Jubbal. Over the social media, a photoshopped selfie of […]
Just hours before the Paris attacks, Facebook blocked a group “Report ISIS accounts” that was made by anonymous members for unmasking ISIS group members on Facebook. The Facebook group was started by the Anonymous group “Red Cult” and was part of the operation which was termed as #OpISIS by the Anonymous group. Social media has been the main weapon […]
Smartphones have taken our lives to a different level, besides helping us to connect with others, they also save lives; just like this one in yesterday’s attack in Paris. Advancement in technology has given a new shape to lives. Almost each and every person is carrying smartphones these days and these phones not only help […]
Short Bytes: According to the latest revelations made by the American law enforcement agencies, ISIS terrorists are failing hard at hacking the America energy grid. They are launching repetitive failed attacks on the network with their poor hacking skills. The Islamic State, or the ISIS, is trying hard to hack the American electrical power companies’ networks, […]
A Kosovan man named Ardit Ferizi has been arrested in Malaysia for suspected hacking of US military databases comprising of personal information of 1,351 officers and government employees. Ferizi is also accused of handing over this sensitive information to the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group. According to the US Department of Justice, the 20-year old Ferizi was […]
Crucial information held by some of the most senior ministers of David Cameron (including Home Secretary Theresa May) has possibly landed in the hands of extremists- claims Intelligence agency GCHQ It was identified in an investigative report from the GCHQ that the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group have collaborated to steal sensitive information held by David Cameron’s […]
Another phase of an online battle against the members of the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group has been launched throughout the world by the Anonymous hacktivists. These activists are targeting and attacking the online network of supporters and suspected websites of the IS group. Recently, an emerging offshot of the Anonymous group codenamed GhostSec has revealed […]
A US court has sentenced a 17-year old Virginia teen for 11 years in prison after his association with the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) was proved. Reportedly, the accused Ali Shukri Amin, handled a powerful pro-ISIS Twitter account (@Amreekiwitness) which had attracted some 4,000 followers by the time it was officially shut down. Through this Twitter […]
Short Bytes: In the latest reports by CNN, the top ISIS hacker and recruiter was reportedly killed in the U.S. air strike in Raqqa, Syria. Last week, the U.S. forces were successful in killing ISIS no.2 militant Haji Mutazz. These are considered great success by the Intelligence teams and the military alike. The fight against […]
A group of ISIS Affiliated Hackers has claimed to have hacked U.S. government servers stealing the personal data of hundreds of Government and Military personnel In March 2015, hackers supporting the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) posted names, pictures and addresses of 100 US military personnel urging its “brothers residing in America” to slay them. Now another pro-ISIS hacking […]
The extremist militant organization the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) often uses the recruitment tactic of catfishing, which means hiring Western females specifically those who feel isolated or are exploitable via promises of marriage/romance with a jihadi. Catfish is basically an online swindler who is fully trained in setting up fake social media IDs and fleecing […]
MuhmadEmad, a Kurdish hacker known for his anti-ISIS views is back in news and this time with yet another high-profile hack — The hack may not be a selected one but good enough to deliver the message. On Saturday, the Sheriff’s office at Etowah County and Hardin Center (Alabama) websites got hacked because when visited […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has been fighting an online battle against the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL). And now they have just extended their fight against the organization by targeting those who express sympathy with the group’s ideology over social media platforms. The hacktivist group has using Japanese anime characters against a list of over 750 Twitter […]
The Malaysian Police Facebook and Twitter added to the list of targeted government social media accounts — Monday afternoon saw the pages of these accounts modified and pro-ISIS group Anon Ghost took liability. An Islamic State picture was the new profile picture that the Malaysian Royal department of Police Facebook page displayed. The cover photo was […]
Did you notice the pro-ISIS hackers are targeting high-profile websites without any restriction? Yesterday, we exclusively reported how the State Ministry for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia, NATO website was hacked by The Islamic State hackers. Today, the same group has hacked and defaced the subdomain of Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory website, owned and funded by the U.S. […]