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Posts tagged with ‘Jihadist’

  • Mar232026

    Al-Qaeda’s Cyber Jihad Movement: Plugging into Iran’s Wartime Hacktivist Ecosystem

    On 4 March 2026, the Cyber Jihad Movement (CJM) issued a communiqué on its official Signal channel announcing its “entrance…

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  • Mar112026

    Inside the Discord Server: Echo Chambers and the Spread of Gen-Z Radicalisation

    This Insight examines how extremist aesthetics and narratives inspired by jihadist groups are produced, circulated, and normalised within digital communities…

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  • Feb262026

    An ‘Ode to Violence’: Extremist Exploitation of Viggle AI

    New and unique online platforms are seemingly constantly cropping up, often ripe for extremist exploitation even if moderation policies are…

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  • Feb042026

    Shock and Awe: Geopolitical Disruption and Terrorist Narrative Opportunism Online

    The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, generated a short but intense disruption in…

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  • Jan232026

    From Defence to Offence: How Anti-Drone Technologies Are Empowering Militants in a New Era of Coordinated Drone Warfare

    In 2025, Pakistani security forces witnessed at least 405 quadcopter attacks by Islamists Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) and Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen (IMP) in parts…

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  • Jan212026

    3D-Printed Warfare: A New Phase in Jihadist “Do-It-Yourself” Innovation Targeting the West?

    This Insight analyses potential security threats associated with the use of 3D-printing technologies for the production of firearms and unmanned…

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  • Oct282025

    Youth Radicalisation in the Gaming Sphere: An Exploration of Identity-Based Hate and Extremist Content on Roblox

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and Mobilization. GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Oct132025

    Light of Darkness: An Analysis of ISKP’s Digital Handbook

    The digital bulletin, Light of Darkness, was originally conceived as a supplementary component to Voice of Khurasan and has gradually…

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  • Aug262025

    Building Community, Spreading Hate: Extremism, Hate, and Arma 3

    Following the 2019 Christchurch massacre, 4chan users allegedly showcased their efforts to replicate and roleplay the terrorist attack in Arma…

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  • Jul212025

    Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion

    In early 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Syria-based hawala operator, Tawfiq Muhammad Said…

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