Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2015
The Europol announced the creation of a team that aims to find key figures in propaganda campaigns run by ISIS members seeking to recruit foreign fighters. Isis‘s machine propaganda is a very important target, since it generates something like 100.000 daily tweets, and itâs used to recruit foreign fighters to support the group. Isis is gaining […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2015
The US Air Force bombed an ISIS HeadQuarter after tracking location through the analysis of the imaged posted on social media platforms. ISIS members make professional use of social media for propaganda and to recruit new sympathizers, but intelligence agencies are trying to exploit every little mistake to track down the terrorist cells. Air Force […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2015
Experts at Trustwave observed a group of cyber criminals helping spread pro-Russia propaganda by inflating video views with a malvertising campaign. Security experts at Trustwave have discovered a botnet, originally designed for malvertising purpose, used redirect unaware users to view some pro-Russian videos on the website DailyMotion. The event is very interesting due to the political motivation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2015
A group of hackers linked to Anonymous published a list of websites alleged supporting propaganda activities of the Islamic State (ISIS). In the last weeks, hacktivists linked to the Anonymous collective declared war to members of the ISIS and announced a large-scale campaign against the websites used by the terrorists for propaganda. According to The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2015
The New York Times reported that a group of hackers is interfering with the activities made through social media by members of the ISIS group. According to The New York Times hackers are targeting accounts used by ISIS members for propaganda and recruit new sympathizers. A group of hackers using the pseudonyms of TouchMyTweets, The Doctor and IS Hunting are targeting suspected ISIS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2015
The British Government has announced the creation of the 77th battalion, a cyber unit composed of soldiers familiar with social media. The documents leaked by Edward Snowden demonstrate that the NSA and its allies are now preparing for future dominance in cyberspace. The cyberspace is a strategic domain for modern warfare, for this reason, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2014
A group of hackers supporting the ISIS hacked the Keighley Cougars rugby teamâs website, the attackers defaced the website with pro ISIS slogans. Keighley Cougars rugby teamâs website has been hacked by Islamic extremists, ISIS. Users who tried to the website on Sunday were met by a black web page featuring âHacked By Team System […]
