Security
Fri, Dec 20, 2024
Oil laundering at sea: defeating Russia’s shadow fleet in the Mediterranean
Analysis: We must strengthen our collective OSINT capacity to track illicit Russian oil shipments and prevent them
by Dr. Giangiuseppe Pili, Dr. Gary C. Kessler, Alessio Armenzoni
Mon, Sep 23, 2024
How the Venezuelan regime weaponized video and messaging apps to persecute dissidents
Maduro promotes app that encourages users to report critics of the regime amid widespread demands for election transparency
Mon, Aug 12, 2024
Russia uses video games in Africa to spread anti-Western propaganda
A Hearts of Iron IV mod exemplifies how video games can become propaganda tools
Tue, Aug 6, 2024
Pro-Russian Facebook pages spread anti-French, anti-UN content in West Africa
Network of inauthentic pro-Russian pages spread false claims targeting elections, France, and the UN peacekeeping mission in CAR
Tue, Jul 9, 2024
How Kenya’s tax bill protests spread online
After the bill's withdrawal, online conversations continued to call for President Ruto's resignation
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
Suspicious Facebook assets amplify pro-Kremlin Bulgarian ‘mushroom’ websites
More than one hundred Facebook assets promoted links to external websites sharing pro-Kremlin propaganda in Bulgaria
by Sopo Gelava
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Advancing the narrative: analyzing the maturation of Palestinian militant videos
Gaza militants increasingly use collaborative releases, advanced editing, and narrative-driven storytelling when sharing battlefield footage
Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Wagner communities continue to thrive on VK despite Russian government crackdown
VK pages temporarily removed "Wagner" from their names and used other tactics to avoid the Kremlin's wrath following the failed June 2023 mutiny
Tue, Nov 28, 2023
Pro-Kremlin actors amplify video to target multinational military exercises in Moldova
A video featuring a local Moldovan farmer accosting military personnel participating in multinational exercise was used as a pretext to attack the West
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Network of South Asian Twitter accounts spreading Israel-Palestine war disinfo
Accounts exhibiting signs of coordination amplify divisive copypasta targeting both sides of the conflict
by Digital Forensic Research Lab
Tue, Sep 12, 2023
Russian media spread rumors accusing Baltic states of drone attack
Unsupported claims from Russian media and Telegram blamed Latvia and Estonia for perpetrating August 29 attack on Pskov airport
Thu, Sep 7, 2023
شبكة نسخ ولصق مشبوهة ترد على تغريدات المجموعة الشبه-عسكريّة السودانيّة
شبكة مؤلفة من حسابات تويتر يعتقد بأنها مسروقة تنسخ وتلصق ردوداً إيجابية على منشورات حسابات مرتبطة بقوات الدعم السريع
by Tessa Knight
