Facebook, Twitter are command and control networks for terrorists: UK intel head
US-based social media have become “command-and-control networks” for terrorists and criminals, and tech companies are in denial about their misuse, the new head of Britain’s electronic eavesdropping...
View ArticleGovernment unblocks 32 websites which promise to co-operate and remove...
Government has ordered unblocking of all the 32 websites that were being used by terrorists after these sites promised to cooperate with the authorities and removed ‘jehadi’ content. “Order was issued...
View ArticleBritish hacker linked to attack on US military’s Twitter, YouTube account
The “CyberCaliphate” hacking group that attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon on Monday was founded by a Briton who was once jailed for hacking the personal address book of former...
View ArticleNewsweek Twitter account hacked by Cyber Caliphate; Obamas threatened
New York: The Newsweek Twitter feed was briefly hacked on Tuesday morning, purportedly by a group associated with the Islamic State. Several posts to Newsweek’s Twitter feed referenced Cyber Caliphate,...
View ArticleAt least 46,000 Twitter accounts linked to Islamic State, finds study
At least 46,000 Twitter accounts have been linked to supporters of the Islamic State in late 2014, a research report released in Washington showed. The study released Thursday by the Brookings...
View ArticleTwitter will defend its users’ voices, says CEO Dick Costolo
On the day the Supreme Court quashed Information Technology Act’s section 66A as violative of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech, Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo said here the platform...
View ArticleISIS hacks more than 54,000 Twitter accounts
In a security breach, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have reportedly hacked tens of thousands of Twitter accounts and posted phone numbers of CIA and FBI chiefs online as revenge for killing...
View ArticleAnonymous promises to launch its biggest operation against ISIS
There’s plenty to talk about when it comes to hacker group Anonymous. But this time around, they are up to something really big and in the interest of the general public. The recent terrorist attacks...
View ArticleFacebook says it froze user named Isis by mistake
Facebook has said it erroneously disabled the personal account of a user named Isis Anchalee for about a day, an action the user claims was due to her name being spelt the same as the acronym used for...
View ArticleISIS turns to tech: 24-hour helpdesk, social media propaganda, and an eye on...
In the wake of the recent Paris attacks, it’s now clear that Islamic State has taken to use sophisticated and modern technology. Now, a new report by NBC News states that tech savvy ISIS has a 24 hour...
View ArticleAnonymous needs to do better in an uphill battle against ISIS
It has been a year since Anonymous has been making efforts to bring down the ISIS and while we are all witness to the timely videos that show up on the hacktivist group’s YouTube channel, it somehow...
View ArticleISIS operational security guide says avoid Facebook, WhatsApp: Report
While Anonymous recently released a guide ‘to finding ISIS online, Combating Terrorism Centre (CTC) has got its hands on a operational security guide that is given to ISIS members. The guide basically...
View ArticleSaudis to sue Twitter user who called poet’s death sentence ‘ISIS-like’
Saudi Arabia’s justice ministry plans to sue a Twitter user who compared the death sentence handed down to a Palestinian poet to the punishments meted out by Islamic State, a major government-aligned...
View ArticleAnonymous ‘ISIS trolling day’ on 11 December to be the next step in war...
It had been revealed in the past that Anonymous was planning an ‘ISIS trolling day’ on the 11 December. While it may appear like childish behaviour to many, the hacktivist group claims that there is a...
View ArticleNow ISIS launches an Android app to further its terror agenda
Adding teeth to its growing internet and social media presence, the ISIS terrorist group has reportedly launched an app that features news and videos showing executions and battlefield victories and...
View ArticleISIS opens help desk for militants to evade electronic surveillance
ISIS has reportedly opened a new technical “help desk” that instructs terrorists on how to evade electronic surveillance and prevent them from committing security mistakes that could endanger their...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter support Apple on encryption dispute with FBI
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc, two of Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies, on Thursday backed Apple Inc’s refusal to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino...
View ArticleISIS threatens to kill Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack...
The ISIS group has made life threats to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a new video which shows their photos riddled with digitally added bullet holes, mocking the...
View ArticleFacebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is “very concerned” about threats from Islamic State
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently voiced about the threat made to him and Twitter CEO by an ISIS supporter group who published a 25-minute video threatening to take down Facebook and Twitter,...
View ArticleUS military conducting cyber attacks on terror group IS
The US military is now conducting cyber-attacks on the Islamic State group, a general said Tuesday as the Pentagon looks to accelerate the fight against the jihadists. A US-led coalition has been...
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