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Researchers at Illinois Tech aim to unveil anonymous online extremists using ML and OSINT software

August 3, 2021

Two Illinois Institute of Technology graduate students have published research examining whether extremists can be identified through their anonymous online posts.

January 20, 2021 Presidential Inauguration Joe Biden

An inside look at the security for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration

Jeff Decker

January 29, 2021

Reporter Jeffrey Decker takes Security readers through the physical security at this year’s 2021 Presidential Inauguration, as well as comparing and contrasting the security measures with previous inaugurations.

The young endangered: Is cyber radicalization intensifying in the age of COVID?

Tasneem Tahrin

January 6, 2021

Across the globe, radicalization, or Islamist extremism to be more specific, surfaced during the pandemic even when it wasn’t expected. Earlier in June, for example, Bangladesh’s 10 Minute School founder, Ayman Sadiq, received online death threats by an unknown Islamist group. Even in the developed world, it has become evident that cyber radicalization in young people is growing during the pandemic.

Extremism in the United States: where are the risks and what security enterprises can do regarding extremism

Extremism in the United States in 2021: What’s out there and where are the risks?

Dean C. Alexander

December 16, 2020

This article discusses extremism in the United States as we close out 2020 and look to 2021. Security professionals can educate themselves on what extremist groups are out there and where the risks lie.

FBI, DHS Book Lists the 46 Indicators of Potential Violent Extremists

July 17, 2019

A list of nearly four dozen observable behavioral signs that someone might be planning to commit an act of extremist violence is contained in a newly updated publication released by the FBI, DHS and the National Counterterrorism Center.

State Department Report Says Terrorism Increased 40% Last Year

The State Department released its annual report on global terrorism showing a 40% increase in terrorism attacks last year compared to 2012.

May 1, 2014

The report said that terrorist groups engaged in a range of criminal activity to raise needed funds, with kidnapping for ransom remaining the most frequent and profitable source of illicit financing. Private donations from the Gulf also remained a major source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups, particularly for those operating in Syria.

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