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Paris terrorists used burner phones and US lawmakers have proposed a bill that would force retailers to record the identity of the buyers of these devices. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies worldwide are fighting against terrorist organizations operating in their territories, but investigations are hampered by the use of encrypted communications. After the Paris attacks, intelligence agencies […]
Short Bytes: The French government is actively researching the options to make its surveillance options more effective. In the wake of recent attacks on Paris, the government is proposing laws to ban free Wi-Fi and Tor to counterattack terrorism and any possible state of emergency. If these proposed laws are passed, France could become the first […]
Short Bytes: After the unfortunate Paris attacks, online media outlets like Wired, Yahoo News, and The Telegraph uncovered a ‘secret ISIS OPSEC Manual’ for ISIS followers. However, this manual, being cited as a “secret ISIS cybersecurity guide”, is actually an Arabic security guide written by Cyberkov, a Kuwaiti cybersecurity company. After the ISIS-sponsored attacks on Paris, we came […]
Short Bytes: After facing backlash over the “wildly inaccurate” accounts reported to Twitter, Anonymous has decided to switch to their area of expertise i.e hacking websites and DDoSing them. Read ahead to know more about their plan of “Rickrolling” ISIS’ online presence. After targeting ISIS Twitter handles, Anonymous hackers are now using a new weapon […]
Short Bytes: Belgian people have found a new weapon to deal with the terror threats in the form of cat pics. As police didn’t want people to tweet pictures of the recent police operation, Belgians responded with cat pictures to send a message to terrorists and confuse them. Tweeting cat pictures is the last thing […]
Short Bytes: The ISIS hackers, calling themselves the “Islamic State Cyber Army,” have used Twitter to post the names and addresses of employees of the FBI, the CIA, the National Guard, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency etc. The Twitter accounts posting these threats have now been suspended. The ISIS-affiliated hackers have taken the Twitter-route to post a list […]
Short Bytes: The Anonymous hacktivists have claimed that they have uncovered a secret Islamic State plan for a worldwide terror attack this Sunday. The group has warned about the potential attacks in Paris, the US, Indonesia, Italy, and Lebanon. Update: However, Now Anonymous is distancing itself from the reports released yesterday. Anonymous released several statements over Twitter […]
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: 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: In response to the Paris attacks, Hacktivist group Anonymous was quick to issue a warning to its long-time foe ISIS. The group has released two videos that warn ISIS and ask them to “expect a total mobilization on their part.” In the past, hacktivist group Anonymous has shown its commitment to crush ISIS […]