Isis – CrimeLog

The distribution platforms of ISIS propaganda – UGC, websites, file hosting

Posted on February 14, 2017February 15, 2017 by silvia.leo

The skill that ISIS has acquired over the years in exploiting the web for propaganda is well known and extensively analyzed from various point of views. However, the majority of researches have been focused on the instant communication’s platforms (Tweeter, Facebook, etc.) because of their power to spread quickly and “stick” strongly. Social Networks are usually, and rightly, identified as the main medium through which ISIS’ propaganda is disseminated, but they are not always appropriate…

20,000 ISIS military uniforms seized in Spain

Posted on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 by silvia.leo

A “Follow Merchandise” investigation Last March, the Policía Nacional seized 20,000 military uniforms found in three shipping containers bound for Syria and Iraq’s areas controlled by ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra. The shipment, stopped in the port of Algeciras and Valencia, was declared as secondhand clothing and travelled under the guise of humanitarian aid. The container seized in Algeciras was shipped from Jedda, Saudi Arabia, but uniforms came from a not specified “NATO country” (see full…

Digilantes – GhostSec & Co

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by silvia.leo

I recently came across some articles on the so-called “digilantes” and, in particular, one of their declination named GhostSec, a sort of hacktivist group dedicated to eliminate the online islamic extremist contents. Following information available on their activities, 59,000 Twitter accounts, 1,300 YouTube propaganda videos and 130 standalone sites would have been disabled as a result of GhostSec’s tip-offs. According to Michael S. Smith, the principal of national security company Kronos Advisory, the information GhostSec…

Reclutamento jihad: l’amo del web

Posted on June 30, 2015November 4, 2015 by silvia.leo

Da qualche tempo, i gruppi qaedisti sono stati incorporati, per joint-venture, assorbimento o confluenza di comodo, nell’ISIS che, mettendo in atto strategie militari espansionistiche per realizzare il grande progetto del Califfato, sta dimostrando una maggior capacità di reclutamento, specialmente attraverso il suo apparato mass-mediatico. Il web, in particolare, si è rivelato uno strumento potente, sapientemente utilizzato non più solo per diffondere i messaggi/ordini del “capo”, ma anche per creare modelli socioculturali, veicolati attraverso immagini seducenti,…