Terrorists are often using legitimate, consumer-focused technologies, according to a new Trend Micro report. For messaging, 34 percent of terrorists use Telegram, 15 percent use WhatsApp and 14 percent use Wickr. Gmail, Mail2Tor, Sigaint and RuggedInbox are darknet email service providers, used by cybercriminals. Terrorists have been spotted adopting and distributing “anonymizing” guides originally meant for dissidents, reporters, and whistleblowers. The six most popular home-grown applications include an email encryption application, a mobile encryption plugin for the Pidgin instant messaging application.”]
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