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
June 04, 2015
The FBI warned lawmakers there was no way to monitor encrypted online communications among sympathizers of the ISIS, it urges a law to give them more powers. The FBI warned lawmakers there was no way to monitor encrypted online communications exploited by Islamic State militants and sympathizers. The law enforcement urges IT giants to provide […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2015
While members of the ISIS are continuing to explore the Deep Web for various activities, the US Intelligence plans activities to track them. The Dark Web is a privileged environment for cyber criminals and state-sponsored hackers due to the anonymity offered by its services. Unfortunately, another category of threat actors is exploiting the deep web, the terrorists, for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security explained that the terrorism has entered a “new phase” and fears an escalation. The terrorism is probably the first concern for the US Government, the Americans fears a possible and imminent attack on the US soil. In an interview with ABC News, Jeh Johnson, the current United States Secretary of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2015
US SOCOM admitted that Counter-Terrorism Special Forces scrutinize FaceBook and other social media to handle potentially useful information. Exactly two years ago I wrote about the use of social media in the Military. I explained why social media platforms represent a powerful instrument for activities operated by governments and intelligence agencies. Modern social media networks are actively used by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2015
The NSA veteran Chief General Keith Alexander fears crippling cyber-attack on Western energy infrastructure and warned that we are not prepared for that. Security experts are warning companies in the energy industry of possible cyber attacks and Western plants are more exposed to the cyber threats. Electric grids, oil refineries and power plants are the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2015
The FBI is warning that individuals sympathetic to the ISIS are running mass-hacking websites exploiting known vulnerabilities in WordPress. The FBI is warning administrators of WordPress websites about the possibility of cyber attacks carried out by sympathizers of the ISIS  terrorist group. Unfortunately, it is quite simple to compromise websites based on the popular content management system (CMS) that […]
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
Syrian Electronic Army hacked BlueHost, Hostgator, Justhost, FastDomain and HostMonstor companies because they hosted websites managed by terrorists. Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) is an unstoppable cyber brigade that once again gained the attention of the principal media for a clamorous hack. SEA is a popular group of hacked aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is the past […]
