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US Sanctions Three for Cyber Work for ISIS
The United States is hitting two Egyptian nationals with sanctions for allegedly creating and maintaining a platform used to train members of the ISIS terrorist group in cybersecurity and to support its ...
Terror Groups Silent after US Strike Kills al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri
On August 1, 2022, US President Joe Biden announced that he authorized a drone strike to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda and former deputy to Usama bin Laden, in Kabul, ...
What Recent ISIS Attacks in Africa Tells Us About the Terrorist Group’s Resurgence
Increasing attacks in Africa, coupled with fresh propaganda, suggest that ISIS may be seeking to re-establish itself as more than an insurgent group on the run. The post What Recent ISIS Attacks ...
What Recent ISIS Attacks in Africa Tells Us About the Terrorist Group’s Resurgence
Increasing attacks in Africa, coupled with fresh propaganda, suggest that ISIS may be seeking to re-establish itself as more than an insurgent group on the run. The post What Recent ISIS Attacks ...
ISIS Attacks, March 2022: Key Trends, Statistics, and Geographic Analysis
The following research is based on information gathered by Flashpoint analysts and data collections. For February’s report, click here. Key takeaways: March 2022 ISIS attacks Nigeria has now fully cemented itself as, ...
ISIS Attacks, February 2022: Key Trends, Statistics, and Geographic Analysis
The following research is based on information gathered by Flashpoint analysts and data collections. For January’s report, click here. Key takeaways: February 2022 ISIS attacks Attacks claimed by ISIS worldwide in February ...
FBI Arrests Alleged Owner of Deer.io, a Top Broker of Stolen Accounts
FBI officials last week arrested a Russian computer security researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io, a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online services and ...
Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing: What is FATF?
Many cybercrime investigators seem narrowly focused on the bits and bytes of the crimes they investigate while not truly understanding or interacting with those who focus on where the money goes. As ...
How Extremists Groups Radicalize Recruits Online
Anyone with access to the internet can have their voice heard. And this is exactly the philosophy behind the extremist online radicalization and recruitment efforts of various terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah and ...